WGU C217 Objective Assessment Study Guide Questions and Answers Rated A

Multidimensional Perspective how cognitive, biological, and socioemotional development influence each other Multidimensionally speaking, if a young boy breaks his leg how will he not develop according to Piaget? He will not be able to develop cognitively because he can't move to experience the world around him What are two examples of how growth expands and shrinks? Fluid intelligence, Crystallized intelligence When does fluid intelligence peak? In early adulthood, then declines When does crystallized intelligence increase continuously Plastic perspective the capacity for change When is a growth mindset most prevalent? In middle childhood because they are aware that they can change and develop. Memory training in older adults it can grow their cognitive abilities Multidisciplinary discipline Any field of study that finds interest in and studies human life and development Contextual development Every part of development happens in some type of context3 Influences of contextual development normative age, normative history, non-normative Normative age growth and development specific to a certain age (graduation) Normative history A person acts a certain way because they grew up during the Great Depression. Non-Normative life events specific to one person, effects their development. (death of a parent at a young age) 5 Types of perspectives Psychoanalytical, Cognitive, Behavioral, Ecological, Ethological Psychoanalytical Theorists Freud, Erickson Behavioral theorists Skinner, Bandura