FAD 3220 EXAM 80 QUESTIONS & CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST 2025
Continuous Change vs. Discontinuous Change - ANSWER-Continuous is gradual
and quantitative
Discontinuous change is developmental in stages
Critical Period vs. Sensitive Periods - ANSWER-Critical period is times during
development when a even will have its greatest consequences.
Sensitive periods are times when organisms are are susceptible to certain kinds of
stimuli
Unlike critical period, absence of stimuli during a sensitive period does not result
in ___ - ANSWER-irreversible consequences
nature vs nurture - ANSWER-nature refers to traits, abilities, and capacities
inherited from one's parent
nurture refers to environmental influences that shape behavior
Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory has 3 aspects ; - ANSWER-ID (pleasure principle)
Ego (reality principle)
,Superego (conscience)
Name the Freuds psychosexual development - ANSWER--oral stage (12-18
months)
-anal stage (12-18 months to 3 years)
-phallic stage (3 to 5-6)
-latency stage (5-6 to adolescence)
-genital stage (adolescence to adulthood)
Social Cognitive Learning perspective: - ANSWER-learning through imitation
What did albert bandura proposed - ANSWER-he proposed learning occurs by
observing and learning the behavior of a model
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - ANSWER-proposed people move
through stages and that growth of childrens understanding is due to assimilation
and accommodation
Ecological Theory - ANSWER-Microsystem : innermost level
Mesosystem: Connection between environment
Exosystem: indirect environment
Macrosystem: social and cultural values
, Chronosystem: Change over time
How can we measure developmental change - ANSWER-Longituidinal studies:
measuring individual change
Longituidinal research: used to measure behavior of one of more ppl as the
subjects age
Cross sectional studies: study ppl of different ages at the same point in time
Sequential studies: examines number of different age groups overal several points
in time
Cross-cultural studies: compare different cultural groups
What does the germinal stage: fertilization to 2 weeks - ANSWER-cell division,
baby is a zygote, cells form protective layer, placenta provides nourishment and
oxygen
What occurs during the embryonic stage : 2-8 weeks - ANSWER-baby is called an
embryo, baby is composed of 3 layers
ectoderm
endoderm
mesoderm
baby undergoes rapid growth
ANSWERS LATEST 2025
Continuous Change vs. Discontinuous Change - ANSWER-Continuous is gradual
and quantitative
Discontinuous change is developmental in stages
Critical Period vs. Sensitive Periods - ANSWER-Critical period is times during
development when a even will have its greatest consequences.
Sensitive periods are times when organisms are are susceptible to certain kinds of
stimuli
Unlike critical period, absence of stimuli during a sensitive period does not result
in ___ - ANSWER-irreversible consequences
nature vs nurture - ANSWER-nature refers to traits, abilities, and capacities
inherited from one's parent
nurture refers to environmental influences that shape behavior
Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory has 3 aspects ; - ANSWER-ID (pleasure principle)
Ego (reality principle)
,Superego (conscience)
Name the Freuds psychosexual development - ANSWER--oral stage (12-18
months)
-anal stage (12-18 months to 3 years)
-phallic stage (3 to 5-6)
-latency stage (5-6 to adolescence)
-genital stage (adolescence to adulthood)
Social Cognitive Learning perspective: - ANSWER-learning through imitation
What did albert bandura proposed - ANSWER-he proposed learning occurs by
observing and learning the behavior of a model
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - ANSWER-proposed people move
through stages and that growth of childrens understanding is due to assimilation
and accommodation
Ecological Theory - ANSWER-Microsystem : innermost level
Mesosystem: Connection between environment
Exosystem: indirect environment
Macrosystem: social and cultural values
, Chronosystem: Change over time
How can we measure developmental change - ANSWER-Longituidinal studies:
measuring individual change
Longituidinal research: used to measure behavior of one of more ppl as the
subjects age
Cross sectional studies: study ppl of different ages at the same point in time
Sequential studies: examines number of different age groups overal several points
in time
Cross-cultural studies: compare different cultural groups
What does the germinal stage: fertilization to 2 weeks - ANSWER-cell division,
baby is a zygote, cells form protective layer, placenta provides nourishment and
oxygen
What occurs during the embryonic stage : 2-8 weeks - ANSWER-baby is called an
embryo, baby is composed of 3 layers
ectoderm
endoderm
mesoderm
baby undergoes rapid growth
