PSYCH 101 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

issues in developmental psychology CORRECT ANSWER -nature and nurture: How do genes and experience guide development over our lifespan? -change and stability: In what ways do we change as we age, and in what ways do we stay the same? -continuity and stages: Is development a gradual change or are there some leaps to a new way of thinking or behaving? developmental psychology CORRECT ANSWER examines biological, physical, psychological, and behavioral changes that occur as we age nature and nurture CORRECT ANSWER to what extent is our development the product of heredity (nature) and environment (nurture)? interaction of nature and nurture CORRECT ANSWER You can be predisposed genetically but not have the proper environment to activate that gene Examples: -High cholesterol -Anxiety -Extroversion Continuum -Genetics sets the thresh holds -Nurture slides the scale continuity and stages CORRECT ANSWER Is development a gradual, continuous process or a sequence of separate stages? -Biological maturation coupled with experience and learning -There are pre-set stages (age linked) all humans go through in development -The pace at which one goes through them and if they even complete them all vary -Some stages that are experience based cognition CORRECT ANSWER refers to the mental activities that help us function (thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating), including: -problem-solving. -figuring out how the world works. -developing models and concepts. -storing and retrieving knowledge. -understanding and using language. -using self-talk and inner thoughts Piaget and cognitive development CORRECT ANSWER -We don't start out being able to think like adults.