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AP PSYCHOLOGY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
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AP PSYCHOLOGY HUMANDEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Accommodate - ANSWER oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make enough
space for; ADJ. accommodative; CF. accomodating: helpful and obliging
Adolescence - ANSWER The transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to
independence.
Alzheimer's Disease - ANSWER an irreversible, progressive brain disorder, characterized by the
deterioration of memory, language, and eventually, physical functioning
Asperger Syndrome - ANSWER a childhood disorder at the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum;
characterized by impaired social interest and skills and restricted interests
Assimilate - ANSWER absorb; take (food) into the body and digest it; understand (knowledge) completely
and be able to use properly; cause to become homogeneous (the people of a country or race in the wasy
of behaving or thinking)
Attachment - ANSWER an emotional tie with another person; shown in young children by their seeking
closeness to the caregiver and showing distress on separation
Authoritarian Parents - ANSWER parents who make arbitrary rules, expect unquestioned obedience from
their children, punish misbehavior, and value obedience to authority
Authoritative Parents - ANSWER parents who set high but realistic and reasonable standards, enforce
limits, and encourage open communication and independence
Autism - ANSWER a disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by deficient communication, social
interaction, and understanding of others' states of mind
Basic Trust - ANSWER according to Erik Erikson, a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy;
said to be formed during infancy by appropriate experiences with responsive caregivers
Brain Development in Infants - ANSWER Brain development unfolds through maturation—a biologically
programmed growth process. In humans, at birth, the brain is immature, but as the child matures, neural
networks grow increasingly more complex. As they do, the infant's capabilities surge...
Characteristics of Emerging Adults - ANSWER 1. identity exploration
2. a stage of instability
3. self focused
4. feelings of transition
5. stage of possibilities
, Cognition - ANSWER all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and
communicating
Concrete Operational Stage - ANSWER Piagets Theory- the stage of cognitive development during which
children gain mental opperations to think logically
Conception - ANSWER union of an ovum and sperm, resulting in the beginning of a pregnancy
Conservation - ANSWER the principle (which Piaget believed to be a part of concrete operational
reasoning) that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the
forms of objects
Continuity and Stages - ANSWER Is development a gradual, continuous process like riding an escalator, or
does it proceed through a sequence of separate stages, like climbing rungs on a ladder
Critical Period - ANSWER an optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain
stimuli or experiences produces proper development
Cross Sectional Studies - ANSWER a study in which people of different ages are compared with one
another
Crystalized Intelligence - ANSWER type of intelligence which includes accumulated knowledge and verbal
skills, that INCREASES WITH AGE
Dementia - ANSWER a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including memory, thinking, and
judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes
Deprived Attachment - ANSWER no attachment, kids are withdrawn, frightened, unable to develop
speech (usually abusive parents)
ex: charles manson
Developmental Psychologists - ANSWER a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and
social change throughout the life span
Egocentric - ANSWER The thinking in the preoperational stage of cognitive development where children
believe everyone sees the world fro the same perspective as he or she does.
Embryo - ANSWER the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the
second month
Erik Erikson - ANSWER neo-Freudian, humanistic; 8 psychosocial stages of development: theory shows
how people evolve through the life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves
confronting "Who am I?"
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - ANSWER a medical condition in which body deformation or facial development
or mental ability of a fetus is impaired because the mother drank alcohol while pregnant
Fetus - ANSWER the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth
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