WGU C217 Objective Assessment Study Guide
(Answered) Complete Solution 2023/2024
Multidimensional Perspective
how cognitive, biological, and socioemotional development influence each other
Multidimensionally speaking, if a young boy breaks his leg how will he not
develop according to Piaget?
He will not be able to develop cognitively because he can't move to experience the
world around him
What are two examples of how growth expands and shrinks?
Fluid intelligence, Crystallized intelligence
When does fluid intelligence peak?
In early adulthood, then declines
When does crystallized intelligence increase
continuously
Plastic perspective
the capacity for change
When is a growth mindset most prevalent?
In middle childhood because they are aware that they can change and develop.
Memory training
in older adults it can grow their cognitive abilities
Multidisciplinary discipline
Any field of study that finds interest in and studies human life and development
Contextual development
Every part of development happens in some type of context
3 Influences of contextual development
normative age, normative history, non-normative
Normative age
growth and development specific to a certain age (graduation)
Normative history
A person acts a certain way because they grew up during the Great Depression.
Non-Normative life events
specific to one person, effects their development. (death of a parent at a young age)
5 Types of perspectives
Psychoanalytical, Cognitive, Behavioral, Ecological, Ethological
Psychoanalytical Theorists
Freud, Erickson
Behavioral theorists
Skinner, Bandura
Cognitive theorists
Piaget, Vgotsky
Ecological Theorist
Bronfenbrenner
Ethological perspective
, Behavior is strongly influenced by biology and evolution. Characterized by specific
periods of development.
Psychoanalytical perspective
-Unconscious forces
- early experiences
both shape development
Cognitive perspective
social and cultural interaction guide development
Behavioral perspective
we can only study what can be directly observed and measures.
Ecological perspective
environmental systems have several layers
Information Processing
cognitive theory that states how people process information, thoughts, memory, and
language
Who is famous for his psychoanalytic theory?
Erick Erickson
Erickson states that development is:
Social and reflects a desire to affiliate with other people
How many psycho social stages are there?
8
Erickson believes that personality is shaped in the first ____ years of life
5
Discontinuity
development happens in stages and not all at once
What are Erickson's stages of development?
-Trust vs. Mistrust
-Autonomy vs. Shame / guilt
-Initiative vs. guilt
-Industry vs. Inferiority
-Identity vs. Role Confusion
-Intimacy vs. Isolation
-Generativity vs. Stagnation
-Integrity vs. despair
-Trust vs. Mistrust
First year. warmth / constant care
-Autonomy vs. Shame / guilt
Second year. Independence, over protective parents can hinder this and cause guilt
-Initiative vs. guilt
3-5 years. make things happen, wider social world (language)
-Industry vs. Inferiority
6-12 years. mastering skills, role of parents, peers, and school
-Identity vs. Role Confusion
Adolescence. What is identity?
-Intimacy vs. Isolation
Early adulthood 20s-30s. Influenced by the last stage.
(Answered) Complete Solution 2023/2024
Multidimensional Perspective
how cognitive, biological, and socioemotional development influence each other
Multidimensionally speaking, if a young boy breaks his leg how will he not
develop according to Piaget?
He will not be able to develop cognitively because he can't move to experience the
world around him
What are two examples of how growth expands and shrinks?
Fluid intelligence, Crystallized intelligence
When does fluid intelligence peak?
In early adulthood, then declines
When does crystallized intelligence increase
continuously
Plastic perspective
the capacity for change
When is a growth mindset most prevalent?
In middle childhood because they are aware that they can change and develop.
Memory training
in older adults it can grow their cognitive abilities
Multidisciplinary discipline
Any field of study that finds interest in and studies human life and development
Contextual development
Every part of development happens in some type of context
3 Influences of contextual development
normative age, normative history, non-normative
Normative age
growth and development specific to a certain age (graduation)
Normative history
A person acts a certain way because they grew up during the Great Depression.
Non-Normative life events
specific to one person, effects their development. (death of a parent at a young age)
5 Types of perspectives
Psychoanalytical, Cognitive, Behavioral, Ecological, Ethological
Psychoanalytical Theorists
Freud, Erickson
Behavioral theorists
Skinner, Bandura
Cognitive theorists
Piaget, Vgotsky
Ecological Theorist
Bronfenbrenner
Ethological perspective
, Behavior is strongly influenced by biology and evolution. Characterized by specific
periods of development.
Psychoanalytical perspective
-Unconscious forces
- early experiences
both shape development
Cognitive perspective
social and cultural interaction guide development
Behavioral perspective
we can only study what can be directly observed and measures.
Ecological perspective
environmental systems have several layers
Information Processing
cognitive theory that states how people process information, thoughts, memory, and
language
Who is famous for his psychoanalytic theory?
Erick Erickson
Erickson states that development is:
Social and reflects a desire to affiliate with other people
How many psycho social stages are there?
8
Erickson believes that personality is shaped in the first ____ years of life
5
Discontinuity
development happens in stages and not all at once
What are Erickson's stages of development?
-Trust vs. Mistrust
-Autonomy vs. Shame / guilt
-Initiative vs. guilt
-Industry vs. Inferiority
-Identity vs. Role Confusion
-Intimacy vs. Isolation
-Generativity vs. Stagnation
-Integrity vs. despair
-Trust vs. Mistrust
First year. warmth / constant care
-Autonomy vs. Shame / guilt
Second year. Independence, over protective parents can hinder this and cause guilt
-Initiative vs. guilt
3-5 years. make things happen, wider social world (language)
-Industry vs. Inferiority
6-12 years. mastering skills, role of parents, peers, and school
-Identity vs. Role Confusion
Adolescence. What is identity?
-Intimacy vs. Isolation
Early adulthood 20s-30s. Influenced by the last stage.
