Lifespan development test 1- Chapters
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lifespan development - correct answer ✔✔the field of study that examines
patterns of growth, change, and stability in behavior that occur throughout the
entire life span
Physical Development - correct answer ✔✔- Examining the ways in which the
body's makeup - The brain, nervous system, muscles, and senses, and the need for
food and drink and sleep - helps determine behavior
cognitive development - correct answer ✔✔seeking to understand how growth
and change in intellectual capabilities influence a person's behavior
personality development - correct answer ✔✔study of stability and change in the
enduring characteristics that differentiate one person from another over the life
span
Social Development - correct answer ✔✔the way in which individuals' interactions
with others and their social relationships grow, change, and remain stable over
the course of life
social construction - correct answer ✔✔a shared notion of reality, one that is
widely accepted but is a function of society and culture at a given time
cohort - correct answer ✔✔a group of people born at around the same time in
the same place
,history-graded influences - correct answer ✔✔biological and environmental
influences associated with a particular historical moment
age-graded influences - correct answer ✔✔biological and environmental
influences that are similar for individuals in a particular age group,
sociocultural-graded influences - correct 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
continous change - correct answer ✔✔gradual development in which
achievements at one level build on those of previous levels
discontinous change - correct answer ✔✔development that occurs in distinct
steps or stages, with each stage bringing about behavior that is assumed to be
qualitatively different from behavior at earlier stages
critical period - correct answer ✔✔a specific time in development when a
particular even has its greatest consequences
sensitive period - correct answer ✔✔organisms are particularly susceptible to
certain kinds of stimuli in their environment
nature - correct answer ✔✔traits, abilities, and capacities that are inherited from
one's parents
, Maturation - correct answer ✔✔the predetermined unfolding of genetic
information
nurture - correct answer ✔✔refers to the environmental influences that shape
behavior
Theories - correct answer ✔✔broad, organized explanations and predictions
concerning phenomena of interest
psychodynamic perspective - correct answer ✔✔the approach stating that
behavior is motivated by inner forces, memories, and conflicts that are generally
beyond people's awareness and control
psychoanalytic theory - correct answer ✔✔the theory proposed by Freud that
suggests that unconscious forces act to determine personality and behavior
Freud's evaluations on personality and behavior - correct answer ✔✔id- raw,
organized, inborn part of personality that is present at birth.
eg0- part of personality that is rational and reasonable
superego- represents a persons conscience
psychosexual development - correct answer ✔✔a series of stages that children
pass through in which pleasure, or gratification, is focused on a particular
biological function and body part
Fixation - correct answer ✔✔behavior reflecting an earlier stage of development
due to an unresolved conflict
1-3 with verified solutions to pass
lifespan development - correct answer ✔✔the field of study that examines
patterns of growth, change, and stability in behavior that occur throughout the
entire life span
Physical Development - correct answer ✔✔- Examining the ways in which the
body's makeup - The brain, nervous system, muscles, and senses, and the need for
food and drink and sleep - helps determine behavior
cognitive development - correct answer ✔✔seeking to understand how growth
and change in intellectual capabilities influence a person's behavior
personality development - correct answer ✔✔study of stability and change in the
enduring characteristics that differentiate one person from another over the life
span
Social Development - correct answer ✔✔the way in which individuals' interactions
with others and their social relationships grow, change, and remain stable over
the course of life
social construction - correct answer ✔✔a shared notion of reality, one that is
widely accepted but is a function of society and culture at a given time
cohort - correct answer ✔✔a group of people born at around the same time in
the same place
,history-graded influences - correct answer ✔✔biological and environmental
influences associated with a particular historical moment
age-graded influences - correct answer ✔✔biological and environmental
influences that are similar for individuals in a particular age group,
sociocultural-graded influences - correct 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
continous change - correct answer ✔✔gradual development in which
achievements at one level build on those of previous levels
discontinous change - correct answer ✔✔development that occurs in distinct
steps or stages, with each stage bringing about behavior that is assumed to be
qualitatively different from behavior at earlier stages
critical period - correct answer ✔✔a specific time in development when a
particular even has its greatest consequences
sensitive period - correct answer ✔✔organisms are particularly susceptible to
certain kinds of stimuli in their environment
nature - correct answer ✔✔traits, abilities, and capacities that are inherited from
one's parents
, Maturation - correct answer ✔✔the predetermined unfolding of genetic
information
nurture - correct answer ✔✔refers to the environmental influences that shape
behavior
Theories - correct answer ✔✔broad, organized explanations and predictions
concerning phenomena of interest
psychodynamic perspective - correct answer ✔✔the approach stating that
behavior is motivated by inner forces, memories, and conflicts that are generally
beyond people's awareness and control
psychoanalytic theory - correct answer ✔✔the theory proposed by Freud that
suggests that unconscious forces act to determine personality and behavior
Freud's evaluations on personality and behavior - correct answer ✔✔id- raw,
organized, inborn part of personality that is present at birth.
eg0- part of personality that is rational and reasonable
superego- represents a persons conscience
psychosexual development - correct answer ✔✔a series of stages that children
pass through in which pleasure, or gratification, is focused on a particular
biological function and body part
Fixation - correct answer ✔✔behavior reflecting an earlier stage of development
due to an unresolved conflict
