PSYC 290 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
FULL REVIEW PACK
●● traditional
Answer: The ___ approach to the study of development emphasizes
extensive change from birth to adolescence (especially during infancy),
little or no change in adulthood, and decline in old age.
●● evolutionary
Answer: In ____ theory, what matters is that individuals live long
enough to reproduce and pass on their characteristics
●● life-span approach
Answer: The perspective that development is lifelong, multidimensional,
multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual; involves
growth, maintenance, and regulation; and is constructed through
biological, sociocultural, and individual factors working together.
●● lifelong
Answer: early adulthood is not the endpoint of development; rather, no
age period dominates development.
, ●● contextual
Answer: _______ intelligence (practical intelligence/street smart):
ability to grasp real-life situation, figure out what's going on, ability to
avoid trouble, figure out how to get along with other, cope effectively
with demand of one's environment
●● multidimensional
Answer: development is ____, some dimensions or components of a
dimension expand and others shrink.
●● normative age-graded
Answer: These are influences that are similar for individuals in a
particular age group.
●● nonnormative age-graded
Answer: Unusual occurrences that have a major impact on an
individual's life.
●● normative history-graded
Answer: Influences that are common to people of a particular generation
because of historical circumstances.
●● cognitive
Answer: Changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and language.
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
FULL REVIEW PACK
●● traditional
Answer: The ___ approach to the study of development emphasizes
extensive change from birth to adolescence (especially during infancy),
little or no change in adulthood, and decline in old age.
●● evolutionary
Answer: In ____ theory, what matters is that individuals live long
enough to reproduce and pass on their characteristics
●● life-span approach
Answer: The perspective that development is lifelong, multidimensional,
multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual; involves
growth, maintenance, and regulation; and is constructed through
biological, sociocultural, and individual factors working together.
●● lifelong
Answer: early adulthood is not the endpoint of development; rather, no
age period dominates development.
, ●● contextual
Answer: _______ intelligence (practical intelligence/street smart):
ability to grasp real-life situation, figure out what's going on, ability to
avoid trouble, figure out how to get along with other, cope effectively
with demand of one's environment
●● multidimensional
Answer: development is ____, some dimensions or components of a
dimension expand and others shrink.
●● normative age-graded
Answer: These are influences that are similar for individuals in a
particular age group.
●● nonnormative age-graded
Answer: Unusual occurrences that have a major impact on an
individual's life.
●● normative history-graded
Answer: Influences that are common to people of a particular generation
because of historical circumstances.
●● cognitive
Answer: Changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and language.
