PSY 200 Exam 1 UPDATED Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
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PSY 200
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PSY 200
PSY 200 Exam 1 UPDATED Actual
Questions and CORRECT Answers
developmental psychology - CORRECT ANSWER- a branch of psychology that studies
physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span (from womb to tomb)
prenatal development - CORRECT ANSWER- The baby's development during a...
PSY 200 Exam 1 UPDATED Actual
Questions and CORRECT Answers
developmental psychology - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a branch of psychology that studies
physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span (from womb to tomb)
prenatal development - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The baby's development during a
pregnancy
infancy - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔from birth to 2 years of age
Early Childhood - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔2-6 years
Middle Childhood - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔6-11 years
Adolescence - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔11-18 years
Early Adulthood - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔19-40 years
Middle Adulthood - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔40-65 years
Late adulthood - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔65 years and older
Domains of Development - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔physical, cognitive, emotional and
social
Case Study - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔an observation technique in which one person is
studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles
Longitudinal Study - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a study that observes the same participants
on many occasions over a long period of time
, Survey - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the collection of data by having people answer a series
of questions
Development - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the process of change that occurs during an
organism's life to produce a more complex organism
Growth - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔physical changes that occur from conception to maturity
Biological Aging - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the deterioration of organisms that leads
inevitably to their death
Aging - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the combination of biological, psychological, and social
processes that affect people as they grow older
Age grade - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔socially defined age group in a society
Age norms - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Expectations about what people should be doing or
how they should behave at different points in the life span.
Social Clock - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a person's sense of when things should be done
and when he or she is ahead of or behind the schedule dictated by age norms
Nature-nurture Issue - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the longstanding controversy over the
relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological
traits and behaviors
Nature - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the influence of our inherited characteristics on our
personality, physical growth, intellectual growth, and social interactions
Nurture - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔environment
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