FAD 3220 Exam 1-Chapter 1-4 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Life span development - CORRECT ANSWER- What is the field of study that examines
patterns of growth change and stability in behavior that occur throughout the life span. It uses a
scientific approach and focuses on human development
Physical Development - CORRECT ANSWER- this examines ways in which the body's
makeup helps determine behavior.
Cognitive development
Cognitive developmentalists - CORRECT ANSWER- this requires seeking to understand
how growth and change in intellectual capabilities influence a persons behavior. these type of
people examine learning, memory, problem solving and intelligence.
Personality Development - CORRECT ANSWER- this is the study of stability and change in
the characteristics that differentiate one person from another over the life span.
Social Development - CORRECT ANSWER- is the way in which individuals interactions
and relationships with other grow and change and remain stable over the course of life.
-prenatal period(conception to birth);
-infancy and toddlerhood(birth to 3);
-the preschool period(3 to 6);
-middle childhood(6 to 11); -adolescence(11 to 20);
-young adulthood(20 to 40); -middle adulthood(40 to 65);
- late adulthood(65 to death).
,These are social constructions: aka culturally derived. - CORRECT ANSWER- What are the
ranges that life span is divided into?
-Heredity: DNA, Chromosomes, Genes
- Evniorment: Parents, Siblings, schools, neighboorhoods, communities
-Maturation: changes over time, can be innfluenced by the ones above - CORRECT ANSWER-
What are the influences on development?
Contexts- enviornments, philosophies, institutions ( a setting that influence development)
-Family
-Socioeconimic status (SES)
-Gender Roles
-Culture
-ethnicity
-language
-religion
-geographic location - CORRECT ANSWER- What are contexts of development?
-Normative Age Graded Influences
-Normative History Graded Influences - CORRECT ANSWER- What are normative
influences on development?
, -Affects the individual, like a unique circumstance
Ex.-Disease, Disability, Trauma - CORRECT ANSWER- What are non normative influences
on development?
-How much of a person's behavior is due to genetics (nature) or due to the environment
(nurture)?
• Nature: one's abilities and characteristics are inherited and predetermined.
• Nurture: one's social and environmental influences shape their behavior.
• We should consider that these two issues are on a continuum, with each issue on one end of the
continuum. Partocular behaviors may fall somewhere between each end. - CORRECT
ANSWER- Nature V. Nuture
Cohort - CORRECT ANSWER- What is a group of people born at or around the same time
and place
History-Graded Influences - CORRECT ANSWER- what are biological and environmental
influences they are associated with a particular history moment.
Age graded Influences - CORRECT ANSWER- what are biological and environmental
influences that are similar for individuals in a particular age group regardless of when or where
they were raised.
Sociocultural-Graded influences - CORRECT ANSWER- what are the social and cultural
factors preset at a particular time for a particular individual depending on ethnicity, social class,
and subcultural membership
Non-Normative Life events - CORRECT ANSWER- what are specific, atypical events that
occur in a particular persons life at a time when such events don't happen to most people.
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Life span development - CORRECT ANSWER- What is the field of study that examines
patterns of growth change and stability in behavior that occur throughout the life span. It uses a
scientific approach and focuses on human development
Physical Development - CORRECT ANSWER- this examines ways in which the body's
makeup helps determine behavior.
Cognitive development
Cognitive developmentalists - CORRECT ANSWER- this requires seeking to understand
how growth and change in intellectual capabilities influence a persons behavior. these type of
people examine learning, memory, problem solving and intelligence.
Personality Development - CORRECT ANSWER- this is the study of stability and change in
the characteristics that differentiate one person from another over the life span.
Social Development - CORRECT ANSWER- is the way in which individuals interactions
and relationships with other grow and change and remain stable over the course of life.
-prenatal period(conception to birth);
-infancy and toddlerhood(birth to 3);
-the preschool period(3 to 6);
-middle childhood(6 to 11); -adolescence(11 to 20);
-young adulthood(20 to 40); -middle adulthood(40 to 65);
- late adulthood(65 to death).
,These are social constructions: aka culturally derived. - CORRECT ANSWER- What are the
ranges that life span is divided into?
-Heredity: DNA, Chromosomes, Genes
- Evniorment: Parents, Siblings, schools, neighboorhoods, communities
-Maturation: changes over time, can be innfluenced by the ones above - CORRECT ANSWER-
What are the influences on development?
Contexts- enviornments, philosophies, institutions ( a setting that influence development)
-Family
-Socioeconimic status (SES)
-Gender Roles
-Culture
-ethnicity
-language
-religion
-geographic location - CORRECT ANSWER- What are contexts of development?
-Normative Age Graded Influences
-Normative History Graded Influences - CORRECT ANSWER- What are normative
influences on development?
, -Affects the individual, like a unique circumstance
Ex.-Disease, Disability, Trauma - CORRECT ANSWER- What are non normative influences
on development?
-How much of a person's behavior is due to genetics (nature) or due to the environment
(nurture)?
• Nature: one's abilities and characteristics are inherited and predetermined.
• Nurture: one's social and environmental influences shape their behavior.
• We should consider that these two issues are on a continuum, with each issue on one end of the
continuum. Partocular behaviors may fall somewhere between each end. - CORRECT
ANSWER- Nature V. Nuture
Cohort - CORRECT ANSWER- What is a group of people born at or around the same time
and place
History-Graded Influences - CORRECT ANSWER- what are biological and environmental
influences they are associated with a particular history moment.
Age graded Influences - CORRECT ANSWER- what are biological and environmental
influences that are similar for individuals in a particular age group regardless of when or where
they were raised.
Sociocultural-Graded influences - CORRECT ANSWER- what are the social and cultural
factors preset at a particular time for a particular individual depending on ethnicity, social class,
and subcultural membership
Non-Normative Life events - CORRECT ANSWER- what are specific, atypical events that
occur in a particular persons life at a time when such events don't happen to most people.
