FAD3220 EXAM 1 (FSU) QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
lifespan development Ans✓✓✓the field of study that examines patterns
of growth, change, and stability in behavior that occur throughout the
entire life span
cohort Ans✓✓✓a group of people born at around the same time in the
same place; example of history-graded influence
age-graded influences Ans✓✓✓biological and environmental influences
that are similar for individuals in a particular age group, regardless of
when or where they are raised
sociocultural-graded influences Ans✓✓✓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
topical areas of lifespan development Ans✓✓✓Physical development,
cognitive development, personality development, and social
development.
physical development Ans✓✓✓development involving the body's
physical makeup, including the brain, nervous system, muscles, and
senses, and the need for food, drink, and sleep
,cognitive development Ans✓✓✓study of how children acquire the
ability to learn, think, reason, communicate, and remember
personality development Ans✓✓✓stability and change in the
characteristics that differentiate one person from another over the life
span
social development Ans✓✓✓the way in which individuals' interactions
with others and their social relationships grow, change, and remain
stable over the course of life
non-normative life events Ans✓✓✓unusual occurrences that have a
major impact on an individual's life
continuous change Ans✓✓✓gradual development in which
achievements at one level build on those of previous levels
discontinuous change Ans✓✓✓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 Ans✓✓✓a specific time in development when certain
skills or abilities are most easily learned
,sensitive period Ans✓✓✓a limited phase in an individual animal's
development in which they're particularly susceptible to certain kinds of
stimuli in the environment
theoretical perspectives on lifespan development
Ans✓✓✓Psychodynamic, Behavioral & Cognitive Perspectives
psychodynamic perspective Ans✓✓✓how behavior springs from
unconscious drives and conflicts
behavioral perspective Ans✓✓✓the approach that suggests that
observable, measurable behavior should be the focus of study
cognitive perspective Ans✓✓✓modern perspective that focuses on
memory, intelligence, perception, problem solving, and learning
expand theories within psychodynamic perspective Ans✓✓✓-
psychoanalytic (Freud): suggests that unconscious forces act to
determine personality and behavior; ex: desires
- psychosocial theory (Erikson): suggests our behavioral development
occurs in 8 fixed, similar stages
, expand theories within behavioral perspective Ans✓✓✓social-cognitive
learning theory: emphasizes learning by observing the behavior or
another person, or model
expand theories within cognitive perspective Ans✓✓✓Theory of
Cognitive Development (Piaget): suggests that growth in children's
understanding of the world could be explained by assimilation [people
understanding new experience in terms of current stage of cognitive
development] and accommodation [changes in existing ways of thinking
in response to encounters with new stimuli or events]
concepts of psychoanalytic theory Ans✓✓✓- psychosexual
development: occurs as children pass through distinct changes in which
pleasure, or gratification, is focused on a particular biological function
and body part
- psychosocial development: refers to change in interactions and
understandings of one another
concepts of behavioral theory (social-cognitive learning theory)
Ans✓✓✓- classical conditioning: type of learning that occurs when
organism learns to respond in particular way to neutral stimulus
- operant conditioning: a form of learning in which a voluntary response
is strengthened or weakened by its association with positive or negative
consequences
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
lifespan development Ans✓✓✓the field of study that examines patterns
of growth, change, and stability in behavior that occur throughout the
entire life span
cohort Ans✓✓✓a group of people born at around the same time in the
same place; example of history-graded influence
age-graded influences Ans✓✓✓biological and environmental influences
that are similar for individuals in a particular age group, regardless of
when or where they are raised
sociocultural-graded influences Ans✓✓✓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
topical areas of lifespan development Ans✓✓✓Physical development,
cognitive development, personality development, and social
development.
physical development Ans✓✓✓development involving the body's
physical makeup, including the brain, nervous system, muscles, and
senses, and the need for food, drink, and sleep
,cognitive development Ans✓✓✓study of how children acquire the
ability to learn, think, reason, communicate, and remember
personality development Ans✓✓✓stability and change in the
characteristics that differentiate one person from another over the life
span
social development Ans✓✓✓the way in which individuals' interactions
with others and their social relationships grow, change, and remain
stable over the course of life
non-normative life events Ans✓✓✓unusual occurrences that have a
major impact on an individual's life
continuous change Ans✓✓✓gradual development in which
achievements at one level build on those of previous levels
discontinuous change Ans✓✓✓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 Ans✓✓✓a specific time in development when certain
skills or abilities are most easily learned
,sensitive period Ans✓✓✓a limited phase in an individual animal's
development in which they're particularly susceptible to certain kinds of
stimuli in the environment
theoretical perspectives on lifespan development
Ans✓✓✓Psychodynamic, Behavioral & Cognitive Perspectives
psychodynamic perspective Ans✓✓✓how behavior springs from
unconscious drives and conflicts
behavioral perspective Ans✓✓✓the approach that suggests that
observable, measurable behavior should be the focus of study
cognitive perspective Ans✓✓✓modern perspective that focuses on
memory, intelligence, perception, problem solving, and learning
expand theories within psychodynamic perspective Ans✓✓✓-
psychoanalytic (Freud): suggests that unconscious forces act to
determine personality and behavior; ex: desires
- psychosocial theory (Erikson): suggests our behavioral development
occurs in 8 fixed, similar stages
, expand theories within behavioral perspective Ans✓✓✓social-cognitive
learning theory: emphasizes learning by observing the behavior or
another person, or model
expand theories within cognitive perspective Ans✓✓✓Theory of
Cognitive Development (Piaget): suggests that growth in children's
understanding of the world could be explained by assimilation [people
understanding new experience in terms of current stage of cognitive
development] and accommodation [changes in existing ways of thinking
in response to encounters with new stimuli or events]
concepts of psychoanalytic theory Ans✓✓✓- psychosexual
development: occurs as children pass through distinct changes in which
pleasure, or gratification, is focused on a particular biological function
and body part
- psychosocial development: refers to change in interactions and
understandings of one another
concepts of behavioral theory (social-cognitive learning theory)
Ans✓✓✓- classical conditioning: type of learning that occurs when
organism learns to respond in particular way to neutral stimulus
- operant conditioning: a form of learning in which a voluntary response
is strengthened or weakened by its association with positive or negative
consequences
