PSYCH 464 Unit 1 Exam Questions and Answers| New Update with 100% Correct Answers
cross-sectional study design in which people of different cohorts are observed at one time
of measurement
longitudinal study a developmental research design that measures one cohort over two or
more times of measurement
microgenetic study longitudinal design in which participants are tested repeatedly over a
span of days or weeks
sequential design developmental research design based on cross-sectional and longitudinal
designs
Gerontology the study of aging from maturity through old age
Life-spanning perspective division of human life into two phases: childhood/adolescence
and young/middle/late adulthood
biological force one of four basic forces of development that includes all genetic and health-
related factors
psychological force one of four basic forces of development that includes all internal
perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and personality factors
sociocultural force one of the four basic forces of development that include interpersonal,
societal, cultural, and ethnic factors
life-cycle force reflection of how the same event or combination of forces affects people at
different points in life
, biopsychosocial framework way of organizing the biological, psychological, and socioculture
forces on human development
cohort a group of people born at the same point or specific time span in historical time
normative age-graded influence experience caused by biological, psychological, and
sociocultural forces closely related to a person's age
normative history-graded influence event that most people in a specific culture experience
at the same time
nonnormative influence random event that is important to an individual but does not
happen to most people
primary aging normal, disease-free development during adulthood
secondary aging developmental change related to disease, lifestyle, and other
environmental changes that are not inevitable
tertiary aging rapid losses occurring shortly before death
emerging adulthood a period when individuals are not adolescents but are not yet fully
adults
plasticity the belief that capacity is not fixed, but can be learned or improved with practice
reliability ability of a measure to produce the same value when used repeatedly
cross-sectional study design in which people of different cohorts are observed at one time
of measurement
longitudinal study a developmental research design that measures one cohort over two or
more times of measurement
microgenetic study longitudinal design in which participants are tested repeatedly over a
span of days or weeks
sequential design developmental research design based on cross-sectional and longitudinal
designs
Gerontology the study of aging from maturity through old age
Life-spanning perspective division of human life into two phases: childhood/adolescence
and young/middle/late adulthood
biological force one of four basic forces of development that includes all genetic and health-
related factors
psychological force one of four basic forces of development that includes all internal
perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and personality factors
sociocultural force one of the four basic forces of development that include interpersonal,
societal, cultural, and ethnic factors
life-cycle force reflection of how the same event or combination of forces affects people at
different points in life
, biopsychosocial framework way of organizing the biological, psychological, and socioculture
forces on human development
cohort a group of people born at the same point or specific time span in historical time
normative age-graded influence experience caused by biological, psychological, and
sociocultural forces closely related to a person's age
normative history-graded influence event that most people in a specific culture experience
at the same time
nonnormative influence random event that is important to an individual but does not
happen to most people
primary aging normal, disease-free development during adulthood
secondary aging developmental change related to disease, lifestyle, and other
environmental changes that are not inevitable
tertiary aging rapid losses occurring shortly before death
emerging adulthood a period when individuals are not adolescents but are not yet fully
adults
plasticity the belief that capacity is not fixed, but can be learned or improved with practice
reliability ability of a measure to produce the same value when used repeatedly
