Lifespan Psychology Chapter 1 Exam Questions And
Answers #11
What are the three basic issues of Lifespan Development? - correct answer Continuous
vs. Discontinuous
One Course of Development or Many
Nature vs. Nurture
Explain Continuous vs. Discontinuous. - correct answer Continuous development
involves gradual and ongoing changes.
Discontinuous development involves stages of rapid growth and periods of little or no
growth.
Explain One Course of Development or Many. - correct answer Relates whether
everyone follows the same path throughout development or each person has their own
unique path.
Explain Nature vs. Nurture. - correct answer Nature is the hereditary or biological
influences where nurture includes the environmental factors that may influence
development.
What are the four main assumptions in Lifespan Perspective? - correct answer
Development is Lifelong
Development is Multidimensional & Multidirectional
Development is Plastic
Influenced by Multiple, Interacting Forces
Explain "Development is Lifelong." - correct answer Development does not stop at any
age. It happens from conception through death.
What are the three domains of development? - correct answer Physical, Cognitive, and
Emotional/Social.
Explain "Development is Multidimensional and Multidirectional." - correct answer
Multidimensional means that development spans across the three domains of
development.
Multidirectional means that within each domain, there can be periods of joint expression
of growth and decline.
Explain "Development is Plastic." - correct answer Development is highly changeable
based on experiences.
Explain how development is influenced by multiple, interacting forces. - correct answer
Development is influenced by many things. The three influences are:
Age-graded influences
, History-graded influences
Non-normative influences
What are age-graded influences? - correct answer Age-graded influences are related to
age but may differ across cultures.
Drivers License
Entering College
Walking
What are history-graded influences? - correct answer History-graded influences are
influenced by time or historical eras.
Baby Boomers
Wars
Epidemics
Technology
What are non-normative influences? - correct answer Non-normative influences are
events that are irregular.
Happen to few
Not predictable
Injuries
Disease
Specific individual events
Who is Darwin? - correct answer The forefather of scientific child study. Discovered
natural selection & survival of the fittest.
Who is Freud? - correct answer Had a psychoanalytic perspective.
Discussed the conflicts between biological drives and social expectation.
Labeled three parts of personality:
Id, Ego, and Super Ego.
Three parts become integrated into five stages of development:
Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, and Genital
Who is Erikson? - correct answer Follower of Freud (Neo-Freudian).
Believed in the psychosocial theory.
Expanded development to include beyond adolescence.
Incorporated culture as an important influence.
What is the psychoanalytic perspective? - correct answer People move through a series
of stages in which they confront conflicts between biological drives and social
expectations.
How these conflicts are resolved determines the person's ability to learn, to get along
with others, and to cope with anxiety.
Answers #11
What are the three basic issues of Lifespan Development? - correct answer Continuous
vs. Discontinuous
One Course of Development or Many
Nature vs. Nurture
Explain Continuous vs. Discontinuous. - correct answer Continuous development
involves gradual and ongoing changes.
Discontinuous development involves stages of rapid growth and periods of little or no
growth.
Explain One Course of Development or Many. - correct answer Relates whether
everyone follows the same path throughout development or each person has their own
unique path.
Explain Nature vs. Nurture. - correct answer Nature is the hereditary or biological
influences where nurture includes the environmental factors that may influence
development.
What are the four main assumptions in Lifespan Perspective? - correct answer
Development is Lifelong
Development is Multidimensional & Multidirectional
Development is Plastic
Influenced by Multiple, Interacting Forces
Explain "Development is Lifelong." - correct answer Development does not stop at any
age. It happens from conception through death.
What are the three domains of development? - correct answer Physical, Cognitive, and
Emotional/Social.
Explain "Development is Multidimensional and Multidirectional." - correct answer
Multidimensional means that development spans across the three domains of
development.
Multidirectional means that within each domain, there can be periods of joint expression
of growth and decline.
Explain "Development is Plastic." - correct answer Development is highly changeable
based on experiences.
Explain how development is influenced by multiple, interacting forces. - correct answer
Development is influenced by many things. The three influences are:
Age-graded influences
, History-graded influences
Non-normative influences
What are age-graded influences? - correct answer Age-graded influences are related to
age but may differ across cultures.
Drivers License
Entering College
Walking
What are history-graded influences? - correct answer History-graded influences are
influenced by time or historical eras.
Baby Boomers
Wars
Epidemics
Technology
What are non-normative influences? - correct answer Non-normative influences are
events that are irregular.
Happen to few
Not predictable
Injuries
Disease
Specific individual events
Who is Darwin? - correct answer The forefather of scientific child study. Discovered
natural selection & survival of the fittest.
Who is Freud? - correct answer Had a psychoanalytic perspective.
Discussed the conflicts between biological drives and social expectation.
Labeled three parts of personality:
Id, Ego, and Super Ego.
Three parts become integrated into five stages of development:
Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, and Genital
Who is Erikson? - correct answer Follower of Freud (Neo-Freudian).
Believed in the psychosocial theory.
Expanded development to include beyond adolescence.
Incorporated culture as an important influence.
What is the psychoanalytic perspective? - correct answer People move through a series
of stages in which they confront conflicts between biological drives and social
expectations.
How these conflicts are resolved determines the person's ability to learn, to get along
with others, and to cope with anxiety.
