HDFS exam 1
When we discuss the nature/nurture issue, nature refers to ______________ and nurture refers to
___________ - correct answer ✔✔genetics/the environment
According to the social learning theory, behavior is learned through - correct answer ✔✔observation
The information-processing approach assumes that - correct answer ✔✔developmental changes are
largely quantitative or continuous
According to Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory, the _________ involves the relations between
microsystems - correct answer ✔✔mesosystem
Key issues in lifespan development include all of the following except - correct answer ✔✔children are
more or less more of a "blank slate" written...than active participants in their development
Vygyotsky's theory is: - correct answer ✔✔a sociocultural cognitive theory that emphasizes how culture
and social interaction guide cognitive development
In Lorenz's view, imprinting needs to take place at a certain, very early time in the life of the animal...will
not take place. This period of time is called the: - correct answer ✔✔critical period
Erik Erikson's psychosocial stages of development focus on: - correct answer ✔✔interactions with others
and society across the lifespan
____________ refers to the notion that there can be hereditable changes in gene activity that are by
changes in DNA, but rather seem doc ones about in response to the environment - correct answer
✔✔epigenetics
Which of the following identifies the order of the three periods of prenatal development sequence? -
correct answer ✔✔germinal; embryonic; fetal
When we discuss the nature/nurture issue, nature refers to ______________ and nurture refers to
___________ - correct answer ✔✔genetics/the environment
According to the social learning theory, behavior is learned through - correct answer ✔✔observation
The information-processing approach assumes that - correct answer ✔✔developmental changes are
largely quantitative or continuous
According to Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory, the _________ involves the relations between
microsystems - correct answer ✔✔mesosystem
Key issues in lifespan development include all of the following except - correct answer ✔✔children are
more or less more of a "blank slate" written...than active participants in their development
Vygyotsky's theory is: - correct answer ✔✔a sociocultural cognitive theory that emphasizes how culture
and social interaction guide cognitive development
In Lorenz's view, imprinting needs to take place at a certain, very early time in the life of the animal...will
not take place. This period of time is called the: - correct answer ✔✔critical period
Erik Erikson's psychosocial stages of development focus on: - correct answer ✔✔interactions with others
and society across the lifespan
____________ refers to the notion that there can be hereditable changes in gene activity that are by
changes in DNA, but rather seem doc ones about in response to the environment - correct answer
✔✔epigenetics
Which of the following identifies the order of the three periods of prenatal development sequence? -
correct answer ✔✔germinal; embryonic; fetal
