NR 203 Practice Exam with Accurate Answers.
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What is growth and development from a life span perspective? - ✔✔an approach to take study
of human development that takes into account all phases of life, not just childhood or
adulthood
Cohort - ✔✔a group defined by the shared age of its members, who, because they were born
about the same time, move through life together, experiencing the same historical events and
cultural shifts
Independent variable - ✔✔in an experiment the variable that is introduced to see what effect it
has on the dependent variable
Dependent variable - ✔✔in an experiment the variable that may change as a result of whatever
new condition or situation the experimenter adds. In other words, the dependent variable
depends on the independent variable
Cross-sectional research - ✔✔a research design that compares groups of people who differ in
age but are similar in other important characteristics
longitudinal research - ✔✔a research design in which the same individuals are followed over
time and their development is repeatedly assessed
Theory - ✔✔is an explanation of facts and observations, a set of concepts and ideas that
organize the confusing mass of experience that each of us encounters every minute
Developmental theory - ✔✔a group of ideas assumptions, and generalizations that interpret
and illuminate the thousands of observations that have been made about human growth.
Provides framework for explaining the patterns and problems of development
, Freud - ✔✔Psychoanalytic theory, oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, genital state
Psychoanalytic theory - ✔✔a grand theory of human development that holds that irrational,
unconscious drives and motives often origination in childhood, underlie human behavior
Erikson - ✔✔Psychoanalytic theory; trust vs mistrust, autonomy vs shame and doubt, initiative
vs guilt, industry vs inferiority, identity vs role confusion, intimacy vs isolation
Cognitive theory - ✔✔a grand theory of human development that focuses on changes in how
people think over time. According to this theory, our thoughts shape our attitudes, beliefs, and
behaviors
Piaget - ✔✔cognitive theory; sensorimotor, preoperational, concerte operational, formal
operational
The germinal period ends approximately - ✔✔two week after conception
The period of the fetus lasts - ✔✔from nine weeks after conception until birth
Full-term pregnancies that are determined at the time of conception last - ✔✔38 weeks
When the blastocyst separates into two distinct masses approximately a week after conception,
the masses will become the - ✔✔placenta and the embryo
The first organ system that shows any sign of activity is the - ✔✔cardiovascular system
The neural tube will become the - ✔✔brain and spinal cord or column
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What is growth and development from a life span perspective? - ✔✔an approach to take study
of human development that takes into account all phases of life, not just childhood or
adulthood
Cohort - ✔✔a group defined by the shared age of its members, who, because they were born
about the same time, move through life together, experiencing the same historical events and
cultural shifts
Independent variable - ✔✔in an experiment the variable that is introduced to see what effect it
has on the dependent variable
Dependent variable - ✔✔in an experiment the variable that may change as a result of whatever
new condition or situation the experimenter adds. In other words, the dependent variable
depends on the independent variable
Cross-sectional research - ✔✔a research design that compares groups of people who differ in
age but are similar in other important characteristics
longitudinal research - ✔✔a research design in which the same individuals are followed over
time and their development is repeatedly assessed
Theory - ✔✔is an explanation of facts and observations, a set of concepts and ideas that
organize the confusing mass of experience that each of us encounters every minute
Developmental theory - ✔✔a group of ideas assumptions, and generalizations that interpret
and illuminate the thousands of observations that have been made about human growth.
Provides framework for explaining the patterns and problems of development
, Freud - ✔✔Psychoanalytic theory, oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, genital state
Psychoanalytic theory - ✔✔a grand theory of human development that holds that irrational,
unconscious drives and motives often origination in childhood, underlie human behavior
Erikson - ✔✔Psychoanalytic theory; trust vs mistrust, autonomy vs shame and doubt, initiative
vs guilt, industry vs inferiority, identity vs role confusion, intimacy vs isolation
Cognitive theory - ✔✔a grand theory of human development that focuses on changes in how
people think over time. According to this theory, our thoughts shape our attitudes, beliefs, and
behaviors
Piaget - ✔✔cognitive theory; sensorimotor, preoperational, concerte operational, formal
operational
The germinal period ends approximately - ✔✔two week after conception
The period of the fetus lasts - ✔✔from nine weeks after conception until birth
Full-term pregnancies that are determined at the time of conception last - ✔✔38 weeks
When the blastocyst separates into two distinct masses approximately a week after conception,
the masses will become the - ✔✔placenta and the embryo
The first organ system that shows any sign of activity is the - ✔✔cardiovascular system
The neural tube will become the - ✔✔brain and spinal cord or column
