| LATEST EXAM UPDATES| 2024/25 |ABSC 160: UNIT 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ VERIFIED.

ABSC 160: UNIT 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ VERIFIED. Quantitative changes - -describes changes in the amount/quantity of what's being measured Examples of quantitative changes - -Getting taller, learning more words, learning more facts Qualitative changes - -describes changes in the overall quality of a process or function Examples of qualitative changes - -crawling to walking, understanding concrete information to understanding abstract concepts Both quantitative and qualitative - -both changes occur in development Tenets of developmental theory - -development is a continuous process, not a constant even process, non-linear, nature and nurture play a role, Skepticism - -judging validity of a claim based on objective empirical evidence Pseudoscience - -beliefs/practices mistakenly being regarded as based on scientific evidence Canalization - -the degree to which the expression of a gene is influenced by the environment The activities of a good consumer of developmental research - -know source info, examine evidence, question authority, become a critical thinker, don't make generalizations, careful about perceptual bias, question "common sense" A theory - -a model based on observations that allows us to make predictions 2 functions of theories - -help us organize knowledge we already have, help us make predictions we can investigate and test Categories of theories of development - -psychoanalytic theory, learning theories, theories of cognitive development, evolutionary theories, ecological theory, dynamic systems theory Freud's personality parts - -id, ego, superego Id - -basic instinctual drives (sex and hunger) Pleasure principle - -idea that the id seeks immediate gratification for all of its urges to feel pleasure Ego - -The part of the personality that contents with the reality of the world and controls the basic drives Superego - -Freud's concept of the conscience or sense of r