FAD 3220 EXAM 1 (Jenna Scott FSU)
UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
lifespan development - CORRECT ANSWER- the field of study that examines patterns of
growth, change & stability in behavior that occur thru entire lifespan
what are the four major topical areas? - CORRECT ANSWER- physical, cognitive,
personality & social dev.
ethnicity - CORRECT ANSWER- religion, lang & culture
race - CORRECT ANSWER- biological concept, physical & structural
critical period - CORRECT ANSWER- time during dev. when an event has its greatest
consquences & the presence of certain kinds of environmetal stimuli are necessary for
development to proceed normally
sensitive period - CORRECT ANSWER- point in dev when organisms are suseptible to
certain kinds of stimuli around them but absence doesnt always cause irreversible effects
nature - CORRECT ANSWER- traits, abilities & capacities are are inherited from ones
parents
nurture - CORRECT ANSWER- environmental influences that shape behavior, can be
biological, social or societal
cohort - CORRECT ANSWER- group of people born around the same time in the same
place
,history-graded influences - CORRECT ANSWER- biological & environmental influences
associated w a particular historical moment
continuous change - CORRECT ANSWER- development is gradual w/ achievements @ one
level building on those of previous levels
discontinous change - CORRECT ANSWER- development occurring in distinct stages, each
stage brings about behavior thats different from the previous
theory - CORRECT ANSWER- broad explanations and predictions ab phenomena of interest
what are the 6 major theoretical perspectives used? - CORRECT ANSWER- psychodynamic,
behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, contextual & evolutionary
psychodynamic perspec - CORRECT ANSWER- states behavior is motivated by inner
forces, memories & conflicts that are generally beyond ppl's awareness/control
freud's psychoanalytic theory - CORRECT ANSWER- unconscious forces act to determine
personality & behavior
id - CORRECT ANSWER- raw unorganized part of personality present @ birth, represents
primitive drivers; operates according to pleasure principle
ego - CORRECT ANSWER- rational & reasonable, operates on reality principle
superego - CORRECT ANSWER- persons conscious, distincts from right & wrong
freud's psychosexual developement - CORRECT ANSWER- stages that children pass thru
where pleasure & gratification is focused on a particular biological function & body part
,stages in psychosexual dev - CORRECT ANSWER- oral, anal, phallic/genitals
erikson's psychosocial theory - CORRECT ANSWER- dev. that includes changes in the
understandings individuals have of themselves as members of society
8 stages of psychosocial - CORRECT ANSWER- 1. trust vs mistrust
2. autonomy vs shame
3. initiative vs guilt
4. industry vs inferiority
5. identity vs role diffusion
6. intimacy vs isolation
7. generavity vs isolation
8. ego-integrity vs despair
behavioral perspective - CORRECT ANSWER- suggests that the keys to understanding
development are observable behavior & environmental stimuli
what does behavioralists reflect is more important in development? - CORRECT ANSWER-
nurture over nature
what notion do behavioralists reject? and believe? - CORRECT ANSWER- that people
universally pass thru series of stages HOWEVER people are affected by the environment stimuli
that they're exposed to
what do behavioralists believe behavior is a result of? - CORRECT ANSWER- continuing
exposure to factors in the environment
what did john B watson believe? - CORRECT ANSWER- by conditioning a persons
environment you could produce any behavior
, classical conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER- when a person learns to respond in a
particular way to a neutral sitmulus
operant conditioning (BF Skinner) - CORRECT ANSWER- form of learning where a
voluntary response is strengthened/weakened by its associated w pos or neg consequences
behavior modification - CORRECT ANSWER- technique for promoting the frequency of
desirable behaviors and decreasing the incidence of unwanted ones
alburt bandura's social cognitive learning theory - CORRECT ANSWER- emphasizes
learning by observing the behavior of another person (model)
cognitive perspective - CORRECT ANSWER- approach that focuses on the processes that
allow people to know, understand & think about the world
what did jean piaget propose? - CORRECT ANSWER- all ppl pass thru fixed sequence of
universal stages of cognitive development
schemes - CORRECT ANSWER- organized mental patterns that represent behaviors and
actions in which human thinking is arranged into
assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER- process where ppl understand a new exp in terms of
their current stage of cognitive dev & existing ways of thinking
accommodation - CORRECT ANSWER- changes in existing ways of thinking in response to
encounters w new stimuli or events
information-processing approaches - CORRECT ANSWER- the models that seeks to
identify the ways pp l take in, use & store info; assume complex behaviors can be broken down
into a series of individual specific steps
UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
lifespan development - CORRECT ANSWER- the field of study that examines patterns of
growth, change & stability in behavior that occur thru entire lifespan
what are the four major topical areas? - CORRECT ANSWER- physical, cognitive,
personality & social dev.
ethnicity - CORRECT ANSWER- religion, lang & culture
race - CORRECT ANSWER- biological concept, physical & structural
critical period - CORRECT ANSWER- time during dev. when an event has its greatest
consquences & the presence of certain kinds of environmetal stimuli are necessary for
development to proceed normally
sensitive period - CORRECT ANSWER- point in dev when organisms are suseptible to
certain kinds of stimuli around them but absence doesnt always cause irreversible effects
nature - CORRECT ANSWER- traits, abilities & capacities are are inherited from ones
parents
nurture - CORRECT ANSWER- environmental influences that shape behavior, can be
biological, social or societal
cohort - CORRECT ANSWER- group of people born around the same time in the same
place
,history-graded influences - CORRECT ANSWER- biological & environmental influences
associated w a particular historical moment
continuous change - CORRECT ANSWER- development is gradual w/ achievements @ one
level building on those of previous levels
discontinous change - CORRECT ANSWER- development occurring in distinct stages, each
stage brings about behavior thats different from the previous
theory - CORRECT ANSWER- broad explanations and predictions ab phenomena of interest
what are the 6 major theoretical perspectives used? - CORRECT ANSWER- psychodynamic,
behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, contextual & evolutionary
psychodynamic perspec - CORRECT ANSWER- states behavior is motivated by inner
forces, memories & conflicts that are generally beyond ppl's awareness/control
freud's psychoanalytic theory - CORRECT ANSWER- unconscious forces act to determine
personality & behavior
id - CORRECT ANSWER- raw unorganized part of personality present @ birth, represents
primitive drivers; operates according to pleasure principle
ego - CORRECT ANSWER- rational & reasonable, operates on reality principle
superego - CORRECT ANSWER- persons conscious, distincts from right & wrong
freud's psychosexual developement - CORRECT ANSWER- stages that children pass thru
where pleasure & gratification is focused on a particular biological function & body part
,stages in psychosexual dev - CORRECT ANSWER- oral, anal, phallic/genitals
erikson's psychosocial theory - CORRECT ANSWER- dev. that includes changes in the
understandings individuals have of themselves as members of society
8 stages of psychosocial - CORRECT ANSWER- 1. trust vs mistrust
2. autonomy vs shame
3. initiative vs guilt
4. industry vs inferiority
5. identity vs role diffusion
6. intimacy vs isolation
7. generavity vs isolation
8. ego-integrity vs despair
behavioral perspective - CORRECT ANSWER- suggests that the keys to understanding
development are observable behavior & environmental stimuli
what does behavioralists reflect is more important in development? - CORRECT ANSWER-
nurture over nature
what notion do behavioralists reject? and believe? - CORRECT ANSWER- that people
universally pass thru series of stages HOWEVER people are affected by the environment stimuli
that they're exposed to
what do behavioralists believe behavior is a result of? - CORRECT ANSWER- continuing
exposure to factors in the environment
what did john B watson believe? - CORRECT ANSWER- by conditioning a persons
environment you could produce any behavior
, classical conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER- when a person learns to respond in a
particular way to a neutral sitmulus
operant conditioning (BF Skinner) - CORRECT ANSWER- form of learning where a
voluntary response is strengthened/weakened by its associated w pos or neg consequences
behavior modification - CORRECT ANSWER- technique for promoting the frequency of
desirable behaviors and decreasing the incidence of unwanted ones
alburt bandura's social cognitive learning theory - CORRECT ANSWER- emphasizes
learning by observing the behavior of another person (model)
cognitive perspective - CORRECT ANSWER- approach that focuses on the processes that
allow people to know, understand & think about the world
what did jean piaget propose? - CORRECT ANSWER- all ppl pass thru fixed sequence of
universal stages of cognitive development
schemes - CORRECT ANSWER- organized mental patterns that represent behaviors and
actions in which human thinking is arranged into
assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER- process where ppl understand a new exp in terms of
their current stage of cognitive dev & existing ways of thinking
accommodation - CORRECT ANSWER- changes in existing ways of thinking in response to
encounters w new stimuli or events
information-processing approaches - CORRECT ANSWER- the models that seeks to
identify the ways pp l take in, use & store info; assume complex behaviors can be broken down
into a series of individual specific steps
