PSY 658 Mock Exam |100% Correct|
Continuous *Ans*✨a process of gradually augmenting the same types of skills that were there to
begin with. Individuals gradually add more of the same type of skills
• Discontinuous *Ans*✨a process in which new ways of understanding and responding to the world
emerge at specific times. People change rapidly as they step up to a new level and then change very
little for a while. With each new step, the person interprets and responds to the world in a reorganized,
qualitatively different way.
• history-graded influences *Ans*✨explain why people born around the same time, called a cohort,
tend to be alike in ways that set them apart from people born at other times. EX, baby boomers
• age-graded influences *Ans*✨events that are strongly related to age fairly predictable in when they
occur and how long they last. EX, people tending to walk shortly after the first birthday
• nonnormative influences *Ans*✨events that are irregular; happen to just one person or a few
people and do not follow a predictable timetable. EX, death in family, winning the lottery
• Prenatal *Ans*✨conception to birth. One-celled organism transforms into a human baby with
capacities to adjust to life in the surrounding world
• Infancy and toddlerhood *Ans*✨Birth-2yrs. Dramatic changes in body and brain to support the
emergence of motor, perceptual, and intellectual capacities and first intimate ties to others.
• Early childhood *Ans*✨2-6yrs. The play years, motor skills are refined, thought and language
expand at a fast pace, since of morality is evident, children establish ties with peer
• Middle childhood *Ans*✨6-11yrs. School years marked by improved athletic abilities, logical
thought processes, mast4er of reading, writing, math, etc.
, • Adolescence *Ans*✨11-18yrs. Puberty leads to adult body and sexual maturity. Thought becomes
abstract and idealistic. Begin to establish autonomy from family and to define personal values and goals
• Early adulthood *Ans*✨18-40yrs. Leave home, complete education, begin full time work. Concerns
are career development, forming intimate partnership, rearing children
• Middle adulthood *Ans*✨40-65yrs. Height of careers and attain leadership positions. Help their
children begin independent lives.
• Later adulthood *Ans*✨65-death. Adjust to retirement, decreased physical strength and health.
Reflect on the meaning of their lives
• Resilience *Ans*✨the ability to adapt effectively in the face of threats to development across life
time
• Oral Stage *Ans*✨0-1yrs, focus on mouth/sucking/biting, key task is weaning (breast or bottle)
• Anal stage *Ans*✨2-3yrs, focus on anus, key task is toilet training
• Phallic stage *Ans*✨4-5yrs, focus on genitals/masturbating, key task is identifying with adult role
models and coping with oedipal crisis
• Latency stage *Ans*✨6-12yrs, focus on nothing/sexuality is repressed, key task is expanding social
contacts
• Genital stage *Ans*✨Puberty onward, focus on genitals/sexual intimacy, key task is establishing
relationships; contributing to society
• ID *Ans*✨the largest portion of the mind, source of basic biological needs/desires
Continuous *Ans*✨a process of gradually augmenting the same types of skills that were there to
begin with. Individuals gradually add more of the same type of skills
• Discontinuous *Ans*✨a process in which new ways of understanding and responding to the world
emerge at specific times. People change rapidly as they step up to a new level and then change very
little for a while. With each new step, the person interprets and responds to the world in a reorganized,
qualitatively different way.
• history-graded influences *Ans*✨explain why people born around the same time, called a cohort,
tend to be alike in ways that set them apart from people born at other times. EX, baby boomers
• age-graded influences *Ans*✨events that are strongly related to age fairly predictable in when they
occur and how long they last. EX, people tending to walk shortly after the first birthday
• nonnormative influences *Ans*✨events that are irregular; happen to just one person or a few
people and do not follow a predictable timetable. EX, death in family, winning the lottery
• Prenatal *Ans*✨conception to birth. One-celled organism transforms into a human baby with
capacities to adjust to life in the surrounding world
• Infancy and toddlerhood *Ans*✨Birth-2yrs. Dramatic changes in body and brain to support the
emergence of motor, perceptual, and intellectual capacities and first intimate ties to others.
• Early childhood *Ans*✨2-6yrs. The play years, motor skills are refined, thought and language
expand at a fast pace, since of morality is evident, children establish ties with peer
• Middle childhood *Ans*✨6-11yrs. School years marked by improved athletic abilities, logical
thought processes, mast4er of reading, writing, math, etc.
, • Adolescence *Ans*✨11-18yrs. Puberty leads to adult body and sexual maturity. Thought becomes
abstract and idealistic. Begin to establish autonomy from family and to define personal values and goals
• Early adulthood *Ans*✨18-40yrs. Leave home, complete education, begin full time work. Concerns
are career development, forming intimate partnership, rearing children
• Middle adulthood *Ans*✨40-65yrs. Height of careers and attain leadership positions. Help their
children begin independent lives.
• Later adulthood *Ans*✨65-death. Adjust to retirement, decreased physical strength and health.
Reflect on the meaning of their lives
• Resilience *Ans*✨the ability to adapt effectively in the face of threats to development across life
time
• Oral Stage *Ans*✨0-1yrs, focus on mouth/sucking/biting, key task is weaning (breast or bottle)
• Anal stage *Ans*✨2-3yrs, focus on anus, key task is toilet training
• Phallic stage *Ans*✨4-5yrs, focus on genitals/masturbating, key task is identifying with adult role
models and coping with oedipal crisis
• Latency stage *Ans*✨6-12yrs, focus on nothing/sexuality is repressed, key task is expanding social
contacts
• Genital stage *Ans*✨Puberty onward, focus on genitals/sexual intimacy, key task is establishing
relationships; contributing to society
• ID *Ans*✨the largest portion of the mind, source of basic biological needs/desires
