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PSY 230 J EXAM 1 2025 WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
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PSY 230 J EXAM 1 2025 WITH 100% ACCURATESOLUTIONS
Reasons for studying development - Answer-how and why people change over time
-understanding typical growth
-self-understanding
Psychoanalytic theory - Answer-Freud & Erikson
-Thinking and behavior is influence by unconscious drives
-resolution of conflict between biological drives and social expectations determines development
Psychosexual Theory - Answer-Freud
-irrational, unconscious drive and motives originating in childhood underlie human behavior
-Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital stages
ID - Answer"I want it now"
Superego - Answer"Nice people don't do that."
Ego - Answer"I want it, but I won't because mom might get mad."
Psychosocial Theory - Answer-Erikson
-Emphasis on child becoming a member of society
-Eight developmental stages of two opposing forces
Behaviorism - Answer-Watson & Skinner
-based on observable behaviors to describe how people learn and develop habits
, Conditioning - Answer-Responses become linked to a particular stimuli and learning takes place
Classical Conditioning - Answer- a neutral stimulus is paired with a meaningful stimulus, in order to
condition a particular response (i.e. Pavlov's Dogs)
Operant Conditioning - Answer-B.F. Skinner
- an action is paired with a reward or a punishment, to continue or discontinue a certain behavior
Social Learning Theory - Answer- Bandura
- Behavior is learned through observation and modeling of others
-Bobo Doll Experiment
Nature vs. Nurture - AnswerGenes vs Environment
Why is psychoanalytic perspective no longer in the main stream? - Answer-too conceptual
-not testable
-based on recall
Critical Period - Answer- a specific time when a particular type-characteristic of development must occur
for normal development
Sensitive Period - Answer- a time peril when certain types of development are most likely, but can still
happen later with difficulty
Theory - Answer- An established set of ideas that can be used to make predictions
Hypothesis - Answera tentative explanation that can be tested through investigation
Quantitative Research - Answer- Data = numbers
- Objective
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