PSYC 2070 EXAM 1 KNAPP
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED REVIEW
RESOURCE
●● Physical Development
Answer: Development involving the body's physical makeup; the brain,
nervous system, muscles, and senses, and the need for food, drink, and
sleep
●● Cognitive Development
Answer: Development involving the ways that growth and change in
intellectual capabilities influence a person's behavior
●● Personality Development
Answer: Development involving the ways that the enduring
characteristics that differentiate one person from another change over the
life span - characteristics
●● Social Development
Answer: The way in which individuals' interactions with others and their
social relationships grow, change, and remain stable over the course of
life
,●● Lifespan Developmentalists
Answer: People interested in people's lives from the moment of
conception until death
●● Prenatal Period
Answer: Conception - Birth
●● Infancy and Toddlerhood
Answer: Birth - 3 Years
●● Preschool Period
Answer: Ages 3-6
●● Middle Childhood
Answer: Ages 6-12
●● Adolescnece
Answer: Ages 12-20
●● Young Adulthood
Answer: Ages 20-40
,●● Middle Adulthood
Answer: Ages 40-60
●● Late Adulthood
Answer: Ages 60-Death
●● Social Construct
Answer: A shared notion of reality that is widely accepted but is a
function of society and culture at a given time
●● Individual Differences
Answer: Why do people mature at different rates and reach
developmental milestones at different points?
●● Cohort
Answer: A group of people born around the same time in the same place
●● History-Graded Influences
Answer: Biological and environmental influences associated with a
particular historical moment
Example: Covid-19
, ●● Age-Graded Influences
Answer: Biological and environmental influences that are similar for
individuals in a particular age group, regardless of when or where they
are raised
Example: Graduation
●● Sociocultural-Graded
Answer: The social and cultural factors present at a particular time for a
particular individual, depending on such variables as ethnicity, social
class, and subcultural membership
Example: gender and age
●● Non-Normative Life Events
Answer: Specific, atypical events that occur in a particular person's life
at a time when such events do not happen to most people
Example: A child who is diagnosed with a terminal illness at a young
age.
●● Continuous Change
Answer: Gradual development with achievements at one level building
on those of previous levels
●● Discontinuous Change
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED REVIEW
RESOURCE
●● Physical Development
Answer: Development involving the body's physical makeup; the brain,
nervous system, muscles, and senses, and the need for food, drink, and
sleep
●● Cognitive Development
Answer: Development involving the ways that growth and change in
intellectual capabilities influence a person's behavior
●● Personality Development
Answer: Development involving the ways that the enduring
characteristics that differentiate one person from another change over the
life span - characteristics
●● Social Development
Answer: The way in which individuals' interactions with others and their
social relationships grow, change, and remain stable over the course of
life
,●● Lifespan Developmentalists
Answer: People interested in people's lives from the moment of
conception until death
●● Prenatal Period
Answer: Conception - Birth
●● Infancy and Toddlerhood
Answer: Birth - 3 Years
●● Preschool Period
Answer: Ages 3-6
●● Middle Childhood
Answer: Ages 6-12
●● Adolescnece
Answer: Ages 12-20
●● Young Adulthood
Answer: Ages 20-40
,●● Middle Adulthood
Answer: Ages 40-60
●● Late Adulthood
Answer: Ages 60-Death
●● Social Construct
Answer: A shared notion of reality that is widely accepted but is a
function of society and culture at a given time
●● Individual Differences
Answer: Why do people mature at different rates and reach
developmental milestones at different points?
●● Cohort
Answer: A group of people born around the same time in the same place
●● History-Graded Influences
Answer: Biological and environmental influences associated with a
particular historical moment
Example: Covid-19
, ●● Age-Graded Influences
Answer: Biological and environmental influences that are similar for
individuals in a particular age group, regardless of when or where they
are raised
Example: Graduation
●● Sociocultural-Graded
Answer: The social and cultural factors present at a particular time for a
particular individual, depending on such variables as ethnicity, social
class, and subcultural membership
Example: gender and age
●● Non-Normative Life Events
Answer: Specific, atypical events that occur in a particular person's life
at a time when such events do not happen to most people
Example: A child who is diagnosed with a terminal illness at a young
age.
●● Continuous Change
Answer: Gradual development with achievements at one level building
on those of previous levels
●● Discontinuous Change
