HDFS 1500 Exam 1 USU Questions and Answers Fully Solved Graded A+
define human development - Answers pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and
continues through the human life span
traditional approach to lifespan developement - Answers emphasizes extensive change from birth do
adolscense, little or no change in adulthood, and decline in old age
lifespan approach to development - Answers emphasizes developmental change throughout adulthood
and childhood. We are always learning.
does lifespan development have an endpoint? - Answers no
what is the difference between lifespan and life expectancy? - Answers lifespan is how long you actually
live which is a max of about 122 years. Expectancy is how long you can expect to live based on when you
were born.
cephalocaudal development - Answers growth starts from head and goes to toe in children
proximodistal development - Answers growth starts in the center and moves outward
three types of contextual influences - Answers 1. normative age-graded influences
2. normative history-graded influences
3. non-normative life events
biological developmental process - Answers changes in the individuals physical nature
cognitive developmental process - Answers changes in the individuals thought, intelligence, and
language
socioemotional developmental process - Answers changes in the individual's relationships with other
people, emotions
prenatal period - Answers coception to birth
continuity and discontinuity issue - Answers development is gradual and steady, not in distinct stages
infancy period - Answers birth to 18 or 24 months
early childhood period - Answers end of infancy to age 5 or 6
middle and late childhood - Answers 6 to 11
adolescence - Answers transition from childhood to early adulthood about 10/12 to 18/25
early adulthood - Answers late teens or early 20s through thirties
, middle adulthood - Answers about 40 to about 60
late adulthood - Answers 60s or 70s to death
what are infants capable of - Answers sitting, standing, stooping, climbing, usually walking
True or false: infants heads are noticeably larger than the rest of their body - Answers true
myelination - Answers encasing axons with fat cells
what ways do neurons change in the first year of life? - Answers myelination and connectivity increases
pruning - Answers unused connections are replaced by other pathways or disappear
what does the prefrontal cortex do? - Answers higher-level thinking and self-regulation
are infants motivated or demotivated from new challenges? - Answers motivated
how is tuning achieved? - Answers
What is SIDS? - Answers Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The infant stops breathing without apparent
cause usually during the night. 2000 deaths in US per year. Highest risk between 2-4 months.
what is a hazard to prenatal development called? - Answers teratogen
what does the neuronal tube form into - Answers the brain and spine
how many chromosomes are in a normal human body cell? - Answers 23 pairs so 46 total
3 stages of birth - Answers 1. uterine contractions cause the cervix to stretch and open
2. delivery begins when the baby's head starts to move through the cervix
3. afterbirth wehn the placenta, umbilical cord, and other membranes are detached and expelled
APGAR scale - Answers acronym for things to check in newborns 5 minutes after birth. appearance,
pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration
age of viability - Answers around begining of third trimester. when the baby has a chance of surviving
outside of the womb
who contributed the most to psychoanalytic thories - Answers Freud and Erikson
freuds psychosexual stages (in order) - Answers oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
erikson's psychosocial stages (in order) - Answers trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs shame and doubt,
initiative vs guilt, industry vs inferiority, identity vs role confusion, intimacy vs isolation, generativity vs
stagnation, integrity vs despair, identity vs role confusion, intimacy vs isolation
define human development - Answers pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and
continues through the human life span
traditional approach to lifespan developement - Answers emphasizes extensive change from birth do
adolscense, little or no change in adulthood, and decline in old age
lifespan approach to development - Answers emphasizes developmental change throughout adulthood
and childhood. We are always learning.
does lifespan development have an endpoint? - Answers no
what is the difference between lifespan and life expectancy? - Answers lifespan is how long you actually
live which is a max of about 122 years. Expectancy is how long you can expect to live based on when you
were born.
cephalocaudal development - Answers growth starts from head and goes to toe in children
proximodistal development - Answers growth starts in the center and moves outward
three types of contextual influences - Answers 1. normative age-graded influences
2. normative history-graded influences
3. non-normative life events
biological developmental process - Answers changes in the individuals physical nature
cognitive developmental process - Answers changes in the individuals thought, intelligence, and
language
socioemotional developmental process - Answers changes in the individual's relationships with other
people, emotions
prenatal period - Answers coception to birth
continuity and discontinuity issue - Answers development is gradual and steady, not in distinct stages
infancy period - Answers birth to 18 or 24 months
early childhood period - Answers end of infancy to age 5 or 6
middle and late childhood - Answers 6 to 11
adolescence - Answers transition from childhood to early adulthood about 10/12 to 18/25
early adulthood - Answers late teens or early 20s through thirties
, middle adulthood - Answers about 40 to about 60
late adulthood - Answers 60s or 70s to death
what are infants capable of - Answers sitting, standing, stooping, climbing, usually walking
True or false: infants heads are noticeably larger than the rest of their body - Answers true
myelination - Answers encasing axons with fat cells
what ways do neurons change in the first year of life? - Answers myelination and connectivity increases
pruning - Answers unused connections are replaced by other pathways or disappear
what does the prefrontal cortex do? - Answers higher-level thinking and self-regulation
are infants motivated or demotivated from new challenges? - Answers motivated
how is tuning achieved? - Answers
What is SIDS? - Answers Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The infant stops breathing without apparent
cause usually during the night. 2000 deaths in US per year. Highest risk between 2-4 months.
what is a hazard to prenatal development called? - Answers teratogen
what does the neuronal tube form into - Answers the brain and spine
how many chromosomes are in a normal human body cell? - Answers 23 pairs so 46 total
3 stages of birth - Answers 1. uterine contractions cause the cervix to stretch and open
2. delivery begins when the baby's head starts to move through the cervix
3. afterbirth wehn the placenta, umbilical cord, and other membranes are detached and expelled
APGAR scale - Answers acronym for things to check in newborns 5 minutes after birth. appearance,
pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration
age of viability - Answers around begining of third trimester. when the baby has a chance of surviving
outside of the womb
who contributed the most to psychoanalytic thories - Answers Freud and Erikson
freuds psychosexual stages (in order) - Answers oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
erikson's psychosocial stages (in order) - Answers trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs shame and doubt,
initiative vs guilt, industry vs inferiority, identity vs role confusion, intimacy vs isolation, generativity vs
stagnation, integrity vs despair, identity vs role confusion, intimacy vs isolation
