PSYCH 343 EXAM 1 (WVU) UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. who needs to know about youth and development
Answer:
-Parents/family members: supports simulation
-Child development profs: psychologists, child therapies, social workers = promote +youth
development
-policymakers: promote + youth development through evidence based programs
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2. 3 domains of child development
Answer:
physical, cognitive, emotional and social
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3. physical development
Answer:
changes in size/strength integration of sensory or motor activities
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4. cognitive development
Answer:
how we think, understand, and reason
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5. social emotional development
Answer:
ho we interact with other individuals, understand our/others emotions, and express/regulate our
emotions
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6. Stages of youth development
Answer:
Infancy, toddlers, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence
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7. infancy
Answer:
(first year of life) motor skills, attachment, language
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8. toddlers
Answer:
(ages 1-3) motor skills, language, autonomy
, Question:
9. early childhood
Answer:
(ages 3-6) play and peers
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10. middle childhood
Answer:
(ages 6-12) intellectual ability, school, play and peers
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11. adolescence
Answer:
(12-18) puberty, abstract thinking, identity, peers
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12. continuous
Answer:
(quantitative) changes in the amount or quantity of something
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13. stage-like
Answer:
(qualitative) changes in overall quality or process of something
-Ex: stage theories
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14. Developmental researcher examine
Answer:
-universal aspects of development
-aspects of development in which individuals differ
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15. individual development is difficult to predict for 2 reasons
Answer:
-equifinality: kids start and end in same place
-multifinality: start the same but end differently
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16. Active development
Answer:
child actively shapes their own development
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17. passive development
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. who needs to know about youth and development
Answer:
-Parents/family members: supports simulation
-Child development profs: psychologists, child therapies, social workers = promote +youth
development
-policymakers: promote + youth development through evidence based programs
Question:
2. 3 domains of child development
Answer:
physical, cognitive, emotional and social
Question:
3. physical development
Answer:
changes in size/strength integration of sensory or motor activities
Question:
4. cognitive development
Answer:
how we think, understand, and reason
Question:
5. social emotional development
Answer:
ho we interact with other individuals, understand our/others emotions, and express/regulate our
emotions
Question:
6. Stages of youth development
Answer:
Infancy, toddlers, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence
Question:
7. infancy
Answer:
(first year of life) motor skills, attachment, language
Question:
8. toddlers
Answer:
(ages 1-3) motor skills, language, autonomy
, Question:
9. early childhood
Answer:
(ages 3-6) play and peers
Question:
10. middle childhood
Answer:
(ages 6-12) intellectual ability, school, play and peers
Question:
11. adolescence
Answer:
(12-18) puberty, abstract thinking, identity, peers
Question:
12. continuous
Answer:
(quantitative) changes in the amount or quantity of something
Question:
13. stage-like
Answer:
(qualitative) changes in overall quality or process of something
-Ex: stage theories
Question:
14. Developmental researcher examine
Answer:
-universal aspects of development
-aspects of development in which individuals differ
Question:
15. individual development is difficult to predict for 2 reasons
Answer:
-equifinality: kids start and end in same place
-multifinality: start the same but end differently
Question:
16. Active development
Answer:
child actively shapes their own development
Question:
17. passive development
