ABSC 160 KU Unit 1-Questions with Correct Answers/ Expert
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social policy - ✔✔policies that are intended to promote the welfare of individuals in a
society
physical development - ✔✔biological changes that occur in the body and brain. including
changes in size and strength, integration of sensory, and motor activity, and development of
fine and gross motor skills.
cognitive development - ✔✔changes in the way children think, understand, and reason as
they grow older.
social-emotional development - ✔✔includes all the ways we learn to connect to other
individuals and interact with them, understand our emotions and the emotions of others,
and express and regulate our emotions
nature - ✔✔the influence of genetic inheritance on development
nurture - ✔✔the influence of learning and the environment on children development
Is nature or nurture more important? - ✔✔more recent research has continued to show
how nature and nurture are inextricably intertwined in a complex way through a process in
which genes are expressed through constant interaction with their environment
quantitative changes - ✔✔changes in the amount or quantity of what you are measuring.
ex: height grows (add inches), gain knowledge (information they know increases), they learn
new words (vocab grows)
qualitative changes - ✔✔changes in the overall nature of what you are examining
, stage theories - ✔✔theories of development in which each stage in life is seen as
qualitatively different from the ones that come before and after; usually describe qualitative
changes
incremental theories - ✔✔theories in which development is a result of continuous
quantitative changes; usually describe quantitative changes
equifinality - ✔✔the principle by which different developmental pathways may result in the
same outcome; different pathways = same outcome
multifinality - ✔✔the principle by which the same pathways may lead to different
developmental outcomes; same pathways = different outcomes
developmental psychopathology - ✔✔an approach that sees mental and behavioral
problems as distortions of normal developmental processes rather than as illnesses
niche picking - ✔✔the process by which people express their genetic tendencies by finding
environments that match and enhance those tendencies
positive youth development - ✔✔an approach to finding ways to help all young people
reach their full potential
socialization - ✔✔process of instilling the norms, attitudes, and beliefs of a culture in it's
children
culture - ✔✔the system of behaviors, norms, beliefs, and traditions that form to promote
the survival of a group that lives in a particular environmental niche.
socioeconomic status - ✔✔a person's social standing based on a combined measure of
income, education, and occupation
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social policy - ✔✔policies that are intended to promote the welfare of individuals in a
society
physical development - ✔✔biological changes that occur in the body and brain. including
changes in size and strength, integration of sensory, and motor activity, and development of
fine and gross motor skills.
cognitive development - ✔✔changes in the way children think, understand, and reason as
they grow older.
social-emotional development - ✔✔includes all the ways we learn to connect to other
individuals and interact with them, understand our emotions and the emotions of others,
and express and regulate our emotions
nature - ✔✔the influence of genetic inheritance on development
nurture - ✔✔the influence of learning and the environment on children development
Is nature or nurture more important? - ✔✔more recent research has continued to show
how nature and nurture are inextricably intertwined in a complex way through a process in
which genes are expressed through constant interaction with their environment
quantitative changes - ✔✔changes in the amount or quantity of what you are measuring.
ex: height grows (add inches), gain knowledge (information they know increases), they learn
new words (vocab grows)
qualitative changes - ✔✔changes in the overall nature of what you are examining
, stage theories - ✔✔theories of development in which each stage in life is seen as
qualitatively different from the ones that come before and after; usually describe qualitative
changes
incremental theories - ✔✔theories in which development is a result of continuous
quantitative changes; usually describe quantitative changes
equifinality - ✔✔the principle by which different developmental pathways may result in the
same outcome; different pathways = same outcome
multifinality - ✔✔the principle by which the same pathways may lead to different
developmental outcomes; same pathways = different outcomes
developmental psychopathology - ✔✔an approach that sees mental and behavioral
problems as distortions of normal developmental processes rather than as illnesses
niche picking - ✔✔the process by which people express their genetic tendencies by finding
environments that match and enhance those tendencies
positive youth development - ✔✔an approach to finding ways to help all young people
reach their full potential
socialization - ✔✔process of instilling the norms, attitudes, and beliefs of a culture in it's
children
culture - ✔✔the system of behaviors, norms, beliefs, and traditions that form to promote
the survival of a group that lives in a particular environmental niche.
socioeconomic status - ✔✔a person's social standing based on a combined measure of
income, education, and occupation
