HDFS 212 Exam 1 Review
Continuous Development - correct answer ✔✔Development occurs in a constant, steady manner;
advancing skills one already possesses
Discontinuous Development - correct answer ✔✔development occurs in stages; reaching certain stages
at specific ages
Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory - correct answer ✔✔1. Microsystem
2. Mesosystem
3. Ecosystem
4. Macrosystem
5. Chronosystem
Microsystem - correct answer ✔✔immediate environment that one interacts with multiple times
throughout the day
immediate family, school, peers
Mesosystem - correct answer ✔✔interaction and connection between a child's microsystems
Exosystem - correct answer ✔✔social settings and occurrences that affect a child but do not directly
include the child or cross the their path
parents work place, health services in community
Macrosytem - correct answer ✔✔consists of things that influence and sometimes support child within
environment
, culture, societal norms, laws
Chronosystem - correct answer ✔✔the sociohistorical conditions and transitions/changes that occur in a
child's life
important events change relationships
Nature - correct answer ✔✔states that development is dependent on genetic, inborn biological
inheritance
Nurture - correct answer ✔✔states that physical and social world influence a child's development
(biological and psychological)
Social Learning Theory - correct answer ✔✔learning occurs as a function of observing, retaining, and
replicating behaviors observed in others
Common Research Methods - correct answer ✔✔systematic observation
self-reports
psychophysiological methods
clinical methods/case study
Systematic Observation - correct answer ✔✔1. Naturalistic
2. Structured
Naturalistic observation - correct answer ✔✔occurs in the field or natural environment where behavior
happens
Structure observation - correct answer ✔✔laboratory set up to evoke the behavior being studied and
ensure that all participants have equal opportunity to display behavior
Self-Reports - correct answer ✔✔ask participants to provide information
Continuous Development - correct answer ✔✔Development occurs in a constant, steady manner;
advancing skills one already possesses
Discontinuous Development - correct answer ✔✔development occurs in stages; reaching certain stages
at specific ages
Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory - correct answer ✔✔1. Microsystem
2. Mesosystem
3. Ecosystem
4. Macrosystem
5. Chronosystem
Microsystem - correct answer ✔✔immediate environment that one interacts with multiple times
throughout the day
immediate family, school, peers
Mesosystem - correct answer ✔✔interaction and connection between a child's microsystems
Exosystem - correct answer ✔✔social settings and occurrences that affect a child but do not directly
include the child or cross the their path
parents work place, health services in community
Macrosytem - correct answer ✔✔consists of things that influence and sometimes support child within
environment
, culture, societal norms, laws
Chronosystem - correct answer ✔✔the sociohistorical conditions and transitions/changes that occur in a
child's life
important events change relationships
Nature - correct answer ✔✔states that development is dependent on genetic, inborn biological
inheritance
Nurture - correct answer ✔✔states that physical and social world influence a child's development
(biological and psychological)
Social Learning Theory - correct answer ✔✔learning occurs as a function of observing, retaining, and
replicating behaviors observed in others
Common Research Methods - correct answer ✔✔systematic observation
self-reports
psychophysiological methods
clinical methods/case study
Systematic Observation - correct answer ✔✔1. Naturalistic
2. Structured
Naturalistic observation - correct answer ✔✔occurs in the field or natural environment where behavior
happens
Structure observation - correct answer ✔✔laboratory set up to evoke the behavior being studied and
ensure that all participants have equal opportunity to display behavior
Self-Reports - correct answer ✔✔ask participants to provide information
