PSYC 420 Exam 1 Questions With
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\.milestones - Answer-✔help explain development and understand how we got to where we are
now
finish school, first job, drivers license, walking, talking, marriage
\.four contexts of development - Answer-✔cohort, SES, culture/social ethics, gender
\.cohort - Answer-✔birth group
baby boomer, generations X, Y, Z
my generation: more technology than grandparents generation
\.SES - Answer-✔socioeconomic status
highest education level, household income
\.cultural/social ethics - Answer-✔collectivist- families live together for longer periods of time,
know to have better respect toward elders (China)
individualistic: independence, competition, individual goals (USA)
,\.gender - Answer-✔male and female
\.changing perceptions of childhood - Answer-✔historical background
child-rearing practices
childhood not viewed as special life stage
\.historical background of childhood - Answer-✔mortality rates have improved over the
centuries, poverty has diminished to some aspects
\.child-rearing practices - Answer-✔babies used to be separated from mothers
child abandonment was common
going from wet nurse then back to mother -> mother taking care of child whole time
\.childhood not special life stage - Answer-✔during industrial revolution, children entered work
lives as young as 9-10
children worked from dusk to dawn
\.Tabula Rasa - Answer-✔John Locke; blank slate
when were born, were a blank slate, and our environmental experiences shape our life and who
we become
, anything can be written
\.Jean Jaques Rousseau - Answer-✔babies enter life totally innocent, should be showered with
love
outside world corrupts children, bad experiences
\.late 19th century childhood perception - Answer-✔more gentle and nurturing view of children
childhood protected, dependent life stage in need of family
universal education: primary school mandatory
\.adolescence developed - Answer-✔G. Stanley Hall in early 20th century
stage of storm and stress between childhood and adulthood
1930s: high school attendance mandatory (Great Depression and President Franklin Roosevelt)
\.Emerging Adulthood - Answer-✔2000, Jeffrey Arnett; 18-late 20's
can last until mid-30's
time for personal exploration
\.adulthood and old age - Answer-✔20th century expectancy revolution
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\.milestones - Answer-✔help explain development and understand how we got to where we are
now
finish school, first job, drivers license, walking, talking, marriage
\.four contexts of development - Answer-✔cohort, SES, culture/social ethics, gender
\.cohort - Answer-✔birth group
baby boomer, generations X, Y, Z
my generation: more technology than grandparents generation
\.SES - Answer-✔socioeconomic status
highest education level, household income
\.cultural/social ethics - Answer-✔collectivist- families live together for longer periods of time,
know to have better respect toward elders (China)
individualistic: independence, competition, individual goals (USA)
,\.gender - Answer-✔male and female
\.changing perceptions of childhood - Answer-✔historical background
child-rearing practices
childhood not viewed as special life stage
\.historical background of childhood - Answer-✔mortality rates have improved over the
centuries, poverty has diminished to some aspects
\.child-rearing practices - Answer-✔babies used to be separated from mothers
child abandonment was common
going from wet nurse then back to mother -> mother taking care of child whole time
\.childhood not special life stage - Answer-✔during industrial revolution, children entered work
lives as young as 9-10
children worked from dusk to dawn
\.Tabula Rasa - Answer-✔John Locke; blank slate
when were born, were a blank slate, and our environmental experiences shape our life and who
we become
, anything can be written
\.Jean Jaques Rousseau - Answer-✔babies enter life totally innocent, should be showered with
love
outside world corrupts children, bad experiences
\.late 19th century childhood perception - Answer-✔more gentle and nurturing view of children
childhood protected, dependent life stage in need of family
universal education: primary school mandatory
\.adolescence developed - Answer-✔G. Stanley Hall in early 20th century
stage of storm and stress between childhood and adulthood
1930s: high school attendance mandatory (Great Depression and President Franklin Roosevelt)
\.Emerging Adulthood - Answer-✔2000, Jeffrey Arnett; 18-late 20's
can last until mid-30's
time for personal exploration
\.adulthood and old age - Answer-✔20th century expectancy revolution
