Psyc 210 Quiz #1 Questions with CORRECT Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
2 Timothy 2:4
Answer:
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath
chosen him to be a soldier.
Question 2:
developmental psychology
Answer:
definition: the science that seeks to understand... -how & why people change -how & why they remain
the same ...as they grow older
Question 3:
3 domains of developmental psychology
Answer:
-cognitive = thought processes, perceptual abilities, language, & the education that encourages them
[lack of education affects thinking abilities & verbal skills]
Question 4:
Luke 2:52
Answer:
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
Question 5:
Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917- 2005), american psychologist
Answer:
-developed the Ecological Systems Theory -co-founder of Head Start
Question 6:
,ecological systems theory (Bronfenbenner)
Answer:
the person develops within a complex, multi-level system of relationships
Question 7:
head start
Answer:
program in US for disadvantaged preschool children
Question 8:
microsystem
Answer:
closest to the child, things which directly impact child [ex: immediate family, school/childcare,
neighborhood, etc.]
Question 9:
mesosystem
Answer:
all of microsystem components & the interactions with each other as well as with indiviual
Question 10:
exosystem
Answer:
extended family, friends/neighbors, workplace, health services, the child may not be directly involved
at this level, but he does feel the positive/negative influences
Question 11:
macrosystem
Answer:
values, laws, customs/cultural "norms"
, Question 12:
chronosystem
Answer:
the element of time - can be external (timing of parents' death) or internal (physiological changes with
aging of a child), dimension of time as it relates to a child's environment; as children get older, they
may react differently
Question 13:
cohort/normative history- graded influences
Answer:
a group of people born within a few years of each other who experience many of the same historical &
social conditions
Question 14:
cohort groups (4)
Answer:
-builders (1929-1945) {life expectancy = 47} -baby boomers (1946-1964) -busters [generation x]
(1965-1983) -Millennials [net/next generation] (1984-2002) {life expectancy = 77}
Question 15:
What is the underlying goal of the study of human development?
Answer:
to help each person develop throughout life as fully as possible (Berger)
Question 16:
Why should a Christian study human development?
Answer:
to use the knowledge to help us better know how to live like Christ in a human, fallen world
Question 17:
What is the conclusion to the controversies?
Question 1:
2 Timothy 2:4
Answer:
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath
chosen him to be a soldier.
Question 2:
developmental psychology
Answer:
definition: the science that seeks to understand... -how & why people change -how & why they remain
the same ...as they grow older
Question 3:
3 domains of developmental psychology
Answer:
-cognitive = thought processes, perceptual abilities, language, & the education that encourages them
[lack of education affects thinking abilities & verbal skills]
Question 4:
Luke 2:52
Answer:
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
Question 5:
Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917- 2005), american psychologist
Answer:
-developed the Ecological Systems Theory -co-founder of Head Start
Question 6:
,ecological systems theory (Bronfenbenner)
Answer:
the person develops within a complex, multi-level system of relationships
Question 7:
head start
Answer:
program in US for disadvantaged preschool children
Question 8:
microsystem
Answer:
closest to the child, things which directly impact child [ex: immediate family, school/childcare,
neighborhood, etc.]
Question 9:
mesosystem
Answer:
all of microsystem components & the interactions with each other as well as with indiviual
Question 10:
exosystem
Answer:
extended family, friends/neighbors, workplace, health services, the child may not be directly involved
at this level, but he does feel the positive/negative influences
Question 11:
macrosystem
Answer:
values, laws, customs/cultural "norms"
, Question 12:
chronosystem
Answer:
the element of time - can be external (timing of parents' death) or internal (physiological changes with
aging of a child), dimension of time as it relates to a child's environment; as children get older, they
may react differently
Question 13:
cohort/normative history- graded influences
Answer:
a group of people born within a few years of each other who experience many of the same historical &
social conditions
Question 14:
cohort groups (4)
Answer:
-builders (1929-1945) {life expectancy = 47} -baby boomers (1946-1964) -busters [generation x]
(1965-1983) -Millennials [net/next generation] (1984-2002) {life expectancy = 77}
Question 15:
What is the underlying goal of the study of human development?
Answer:
to help each person develop throughout life as fully as possible (Berger)
Question 16:
Why should a Christian study human development?
Answer:
to use the knowledge to help us better know how to live like Christ in a human, fallen world
Question 17:
What is the conclusion to the controversies?
