Developmental Psychology Chapters 1-4 Exam Questions
With Answers #7
Developmental - correct answer Systematic continuities and changes in the individual
between conception and death.
Systematic - correct answer orderly, patterned, relatively enduring (changes)
Continuities - correct answer ways in which we remain the same or continue to reflect
our past
Developmental psychology - correct answer branch devoted to identifying and
explaining continuities and changes that individuals display over time
Developmentalist - correct answer any scholar who seeks to understand the
developmental process (psychologists, sociologists, biologists, anthropologists,
educators, physicians and historians)
Maturation - correct answer biological unfolding of individual according to biological
inheritance
Learning - correct answer process through which experiences produce relatively
permanent changes in feelings, thoughts and behaviors
Normative development - correct answer typical, normal patterns of change
(development)
Ideographic development - correct answer individual variations in patterns of change;
variations in rate, extent or direction of development
Holistic perspective - correct answer unified view of developmental process that
emphasizes important interrelationships among physical, social, mental and emotional
aspects of human development
Plasticity - correct answer capacity for change in response to positive and negative life
experiences
Scientific method - correct answer used by developmentalists; objective and replicable
methods to gather data for the purpose of testing a theory or hypothesis
Theory - correct answer set of concepts intended to describe and explain (and organize)
some aspect of experience or an existing set of observations
Hypothesis - correct answer specific prediction that can be tested (theoretical prediction
about some aspect of experience)
, Reliability - correct answer extent to which a measuring instrument yields consistent
results over time and across observers
Validity - correct answer extent to which a measuring instrument accurately reflects
what the researchers intended to measure
Naturalistic observation - correct answer observing people in common, natural everyday
surroundings
Observer influence - correct answer tendency of participants to react to observer's
presence by behaving in unusual ways
Case study - correct answer investigator gathers extensive information about life of
individual (work, hobbies, talents, relationships)
Ethnography - correct answer researcher lives within a culture or subculture to gain
information about group under study
Cohort - correct answer group of people of same age who are exposed to similar
cultural environment and historical events as they're growing up
Informed consent - correct answer explanation of study and what rights are as a
participant in the study without giving away purpose of study
Confidentiality - correct answer right of participant to conceal identity when providing
data in a research study
Freud - correct answer -school of thought: psychoanalytic
-theory: psychosexual theory
Psychosexual theory - correct answer human development is a conflictual process
(basic sexual and aggressive instincts that humans need to fulfill but society dictates we
should not fulfill those instincts)
Id - correct answer inborn, selfish part of personality; acts on pleasure prinicple
Ego - correct answer rational part of personality; reality principle (find appropriate ways
to satisfy needs)
Superego - correct answer all moral behavior
Three components of personality - correct answer id, ego and superego
Unconscious motives - correct answer Freud's term for feelings, experiences, and
conflicts that influence a person's thinking and behavior, but lie outside the person's
awareness
With Answers #7
Developmental - correct answer Systematic continuities and changes in the individual
between conception and death.
Systematic - correct answer orderly, patterned, relatively enduring (changes)
Continuities - correct answer ways in which we remain the same or continue to reflect
our past
Developmental psychology - correct answer branch devoted to identifying and
explaining continuities and changes that individuals display over time
Developmentalist - correct answer any scholar who seeks to understand the
developmental process (psychologists, sociologists, biologists, anthropologists,
educators, physicians and historians)
Maturation - correct answer biological unfolding of individual according to biological
inheritance
Learning - correct answer process through which experiences produce relatively
permanent changes in feelings, thoughts and behaviors
Normative development - correct answer typical, normal patterns of change
(development)
Ideographic development - correct answer individual variations in patterns of change;
variations in rate, extent or direction of development
Holistic perspective - correct answer unified view of developmental process that
emphasizes important interrelationships among physical, social, mental and emotional
aspects of human development
Plasticity - correct answer capacity for change in response to positive and negative life
experiences
Scientific method - correct answer used by developmentalists; objective and replicable
methods to gather data for the purpose of testing a theory or hypothesis
Theory - correct answer set of concepts intended to describe and explain (and organize)
some aspect of experience or an existing set of observations
Hypothesis - correct answer specific prediction that can be tested (theoretical prediction
about some aspect of experience)
, Reliability - correct answer extent to which a measuring instrument yields consistent
results over time and across observers
Validity - correct answer extent to which a measuring instrument accurately reflects
what the researchers intended to measure
Naturalistic observation - correct answer observing people in common, natural everyday
surroundings
Observer influence - correct answer tendency of participants to react to observer's
presence by behaving in unusual ways
Case study - correct answer investigator gathers extensive information about life of
individual (work, hobbies, talents, relationships)
Ethnography - correct answer researcher lives within a culture or subculture to gain
information about group under study
Cohort - correct answer group of people of same age who are exposed to similar
cultural environment and historical events as they're growing up
Informed consent - correct answer explanation of study and what rights are as a
participant in the study without giving away purpose of study
Confidentiality - correct answer right of participant to conceal identity when providing
data in a research study
Freud - correct answer -school of thought: psychoanalytic
-theory: psychosexual theory
Psychosexual theory - correct answer human development is a conflictual process
(basic sexual and aggressive instincts that humans need to fulfill but society dictates we
should not fulfill those instincts)
Id - correct answer inborn, selfish part of personality; acts on pleasure prinicple
Ego - correct answer rational part of personality; reality principle (find appropriate ways
to satisfy needs)
Superego - correct answer all moral behavior
Three components of personality - correct answer id, ego and superego
Unconscious motives - correct answer Freud's term for feelings, experiences, and
conflicts that influence a person's thinking and behavior, but lie outside the person's
awareness
