CSCC PSYCH 2340 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED A+ LATEST UPDATED 2025
Biological Processes - (answers)Processes that produce changes in an individual's physical nature.
Brofenbrenner's ecological theory - (answers)Development reflects the influence of several
environmental systems
Microsystem
Mesosystem
Exosystem
Macrosystem
Chronosystem
case study - (answers)study of one individual in great detail
cognitive processes - (answers)changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and language
cohort effects (generation effects) - (answers)effects due to a person's time of birth, era, or generation-
not to actual age
continuity-discontinuity issue - (answers)Gradual, cumulative change or distinct stages?
correlation coefficient - (answers)A number based on statistical analysis that is used to describe the
degree of association between two variables. (+1.00 to -1.00)
Correlation Research Method - (answers)strives to describe the strength of the relationship between two
or more events or characteristics
, cross-cultural studies - (answers)compare aspects of two or more cultures
cross-sectional approach - (answers)a research strategy in which individuals of different ages are
compared at one time
Culture - (answers)Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
descriptive research - (answers)aims to observe and record behavior
development - (answers)pattern of movement or change that begins and conception and continues
through the life span. Includes growth but also decline and dying.
eclectic theoretical orientation - (answers)an orientation that does not follow any one theoretical
approach but rather selects from each theory whatever is considered the best in it
emerging adulthood - (answers)the transitional period from adolescence to adulthood, spanning
approximately 18 to 25 years of age
Erikson's Theory - (answers)primary motivation for human behavior is social and reflects a desire to
affiliate with other people. Eight psychosocial stages, representing eight key crises that must be resolved.
ethnic gloss - (answers)overgeneralization about an ethnic or cultural group that obscures differences
within the group
Ethnicity - (answers)a characteristic based on cultural heritage, nationality characteristics, race, religion,
and language
Ethology - (answers)behavior is strongly influenced by biology, is tied to evolution, and is characterized
by critical or sensitive periods
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED A+ LATEST UPDATED 2025
Biological Processes - (answers)Processes that produce changes in an individual's physical nature.
Brofenbrenner's ecological theory - (answers)Development reflects the influence of several
environmental systems
Microsystem
Mesosystem
Exosystem
Macrosystem
Chronosystem
case study - (answers)study of one individual in great detail
cognitive processes - (answers)changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and language
cohort effects (generation effects) - (answers)effects due to a person's time of birth, era, or generation-
not to actual age
continuity-discontinuity issue - (answers)Gradual, cumulative change or distinct stages?
correlation coefficient - (answers)A number based on statistical analysis that is used to describe the
degree of association between two variables. (+1.00 to -1.00)
Correlation Research Method - (answers)strives to describe the strength of the relationship between two
or more events or characteristics
, cross-cultural studies - (answers)compare aspects of two or more cultures
cross-sectional approach - (answers)a research strategy in which individuals of different ages are
compared at one time
Culture - (answers)Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
descriptive research - (answers)aims to observe and record behavior
development - (answers)pattern of movement or change that begins and conception and continues
through the life span. Includes growth but also decline and dying.
eclectic theoretical orientation - (answers)an orientation that does not follow any one theoretical
approach but rather selects from each theory whatever is considered the best in it
emerging adulthood - (answers)the transitional period from adolescence to adulthood, spanning
approximately 18 to 25 years of age
Erikson's Theory - (answers)primary motivation for human behavior is social and reflects a desire to
affiliate with other people. Eight psychosocial stages, representing eight key crises that must be resolved.
ethnic gloss - (answers)overgeneralization about an ethnic or cultural group that obscures differences
within the group
Ethnicity - (answers)a characteristic based on cultural heritage, nationality characteristics, race, religion,
and language
Ethology - (answers)behavior is strongly influenced by biology, is tied to evolution, and is characterized
by critical or sensitive periods
