HDFS 1500 Exam 1 questions with
verified solutions
Name the 7 epistemologies - correct answer ✔✔1-Personal Experience
2- Spiritual/Metaphysical
3-Authority
4-Tradition
5-Reason
6-Empiricism (evidence)
7-Post-Modernism (all create own truths)
Which epistemology is most useful? - correct answer ✔✔Empiricism
normative age-graded influences - correct answer ✔✔influences that are similar
for individuals in a particular age group
normative history-graded influences - correct answer ✔✔influences that are
common to people of a particular generation because of historical circumstances
normative life events - correct answer ✔✔Unusual occurrences that have a major
impact on a person's life
Socioemotional Processes - correct answer ✔✔changes in an individual's
relationships with other people, emotions, and personality
, Prenatal Period - correct answer ✔✔conception to birth
Infancy Period - correct answer ✔✔birth to 18-24 months
Early childhood - correct answer ✔✔2-6 years
Middle/Late childhood - correct answer ✔✔6-11 years
Adolescence - correct answer ✔✔11-22 years
Early Adulthood - correct answer ✔✔lasts through 30s
Middle Adulthood - correct answer ✔✔Lasts through 60s
Late Adulthood - correct answer ✔✔70s until death
Preformationism - correct answer ✔✔small things become big
lifespan perspective - correct answer ✔✔development is lifelong,
multidimensional and multidirectional, highly plastic, and affected by multiple
interacting forces
4 steps of scientific method - correct answer ✔✔1. Conceptualize a process or
problem to be studied
verified solutions
Name the 7 epistemologies - correct answer ✔✔1-Personal Experience
2- Spiritual/Metaphysical
3-Authority
4-Tradition
5-Reason
6-Empiricism (evidence)
7-Post-Modernism (all create own truths)
Which epistemology is most useful? - correct answer ✔✔Empiricism
normative age-graded influences - correct answer ✔✔influences that are similar
for individuals in a particular age group
normative history-graded influences - correct answer ✔✔influences that are
common to people of a particular generation because of historical circumstances
normative life events - correct answer ✔✔Unusual occurrences that have a major
impact on a person's life
Socioemotional Processes - correct answer ✔✔changes in an individual's
relationships with other people, emotions, and personality
, Prenatal Period - correct answer ✔✔conception to birth
Infancy Period - correct answer ✔✔birth to 18-24 months
Early childhood - correct answer ✔✔2-6 years
Middle/Late childhood - correct answer ✔✔6-11 years
Adolescence - correct answer ✔✔11-22 years
Early Adulthood - correct answer ✔✔lasts through 30s
Middle Adulthood - correct answer ✔✔Lasts through 60s
Late Adulthood - correct answer ✔✔70s until death
Preformationism - correct answer ✔✔small things become big
lifespan perspective - correct answer ✔✔development is lifelong,
multidimensional and multidirectional, highly plastic, and affected by multiple
interacting forces
4 steps of scientific method - correct answer ✔✔1. Conceptualize a process or
problem to be studied
