Human Growth and Development exam
questions with 100% correct answers
human developmemt - answer a field of study devoted to understanding constancy and change
throughout the llifespan
theory - answer an orderly, integrated set of statements that describes, explains, and predicts
behavior
continuous development - answer a process of gradually augmenting the same types of skills
that were there to begin with
discontinuous development - answer a process in which new and different ways of interpreting
and responding to the world emerge at particular time periods
stages - answer qualitative changes in thinking, feeling, and behaving that characterize specifice
periods of development
contexts - answer Unique combinations of personal and environmental circumstances that can
result in different paths of change.
nature-nurture controversy - answer inborn biological givens vs. complex forces of the physical
and social world that influence our biological makeup and psychological experiences before and
after birth
life expectancy - answer The average number of years an individual can be expected to live,
given current social, economic, and medical conditions. Life expectancy at birth is the average
number of years a newborn infant can expect to live.
, lifespan perspective - answer (1) development as lifelong (2) development as multidimensional
and multidirectional (3) development as highly plastic (4) development as embedded in multiple
contexts
age-graded influences - answer events that are strongly related to age and therefore fairly
predictable in whwen they occur and how long they last
history-graded influences - answer forces unique to a particular historic era that explain why
people born around the same time tend to be alike in ways that set them apart from people
born at other times
preformationism - answer in medieval Europe once children emerged from infancy ther were
regarded as miniature already-formed adults
John Locke - answer "tabula rasa" (blank slate) children in the beginning are nothing at all and
all kinds of experiences can shape their character. Nurture to shape a child
Jean Jacques Rousseau - answer children were noble savages, naturally endowed with a sense
of right and wrong. Adult training would only harm children.
Tetens - answer older people can compensate for intellectual declines that, at times, may reflect
hidden gains
Carus - answer four periods of life: childhood, youth, adulthood, senescence
Charles Darwin - answer natural selection and survival of the fittest
normative approach - answer measures of behaviour are taken on large numbers of individuals,
age-related averages are computed to represent typical development
questions with 100% correct answers
human developmemt - answer a field of study devoted to understanding constancy and change
throughout the llifespan
theory - answer an orderly, integrated set of statements that describes, explains, and predicts
behavior
continuous development - answer a process of gradually augmenting the same types of skills
that were there to begin with
discontinuous development - answer a process in which new and different ways of interpreting
and responding to the world emerge at particular time periods
stages - answer qualitative changes in thinking, feeling, and behaving that characterize specifice
periods of development
contexts - answer Unique combinations of personal and environmental circumstances that can
result in different paths of change.
nature-nurture controversy - answer inborn biological givens vs. complex forces of the physical
and social world that influence our biological makeup and psychological experiences before and
after birth
life expectancy - answer The average number of years an individual can be expected to live,
given current social, economic, and medical conditions. Life expectancy at birth is the average
number of years a newborn infant can expect to live.
, lifespan perspective - answer (1) development as lifelong (2) development as multidimensional
and multidirectional (3) development as highly plastic (4) development as embedded in multiple
contexts
age-graded influences - answer events that are strongly related to age and therefore fairly
predictable in whwen they occur and how long they last
history-graded influences - answer forces unique to a particular historic era that explain why
people born around the same time tend to be alike in ways that set them apart from people
born at other times
preformationism - answer in medieval Europe once children emerged from infancy ther were
regarded as miniature already-formed adults
John Locke - answer "tabula rasa" (blank slate) children in the beginning are nothing at all and
all kinds of experiences can shape their character. Nurture to shape a child
Jean Jacques Rousseau - answer children were noble savages, naturally endowed with a sense
of right and wrong. Adult training would only harm children.
Tetens - answer older people can compensate for intellectual declines that, at times, may reflect
hidden gains
Carus - answer four periods of life: childhood, youth, adulthood, senescence
Charles Darwin - answer natural selection and survival of the fittest
normative approach - answer measures of behaviour are taken on large numbers of individuals,
age-related averages are computed to represent typical development
