Lifespan Psychology Exam 1 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
- lifespan development - CORRECT ANSWERS the field of
study that examines patterns of growth, change, and stability in
behavior that occur throughout the entire lifespan
continuous development - CORRECT ANSWERS gradual
development in which achievements at one level build on those
previous levels
discontinuous development - CORRECT ANSWERS
development that occurs in distinct steps or stages, with each stage
bringing about behavior that is assumed to be qualitatively different
from behavior at earlier stages
id - CORRECT ANSWERS raw unorganized, inborn part of
personality that is present at birth; pleasure principle
ego - CORRECT ANSWERS rational and reasonable; buffer
between real world outside of us and primitive id; reality principle
superego - CORRECT ANSWERS person's conscious,
incorporating distinctions between right and wrong; develops around
5 or 6, learned from parents, teachers, and other significant figures
, behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWERS development can be
understood through studying observable behavior and environment
stimuli
who were the leading figures in behaviorism - CORRECT
ANSWERS John Watson, BF Skinner, Albert Bandura
bioecological approach to development - CORRECT ANSWERS
suggests that different levels of the environment
simultaneously influence individuals
correlation - CORRECT ANSWERS the research that seeks to
identify whether an association or relationship between two factors
exists
correlation coefficient - CORRECT ANSWERS ranges
between -1 - 0 - +1; positive = value of one factor increases, other
value also increases, negative = value of one increases, value of other
declines
experiment - CORRECT ANSWERS a process in which an
investigator (experimenter) devises two different experiences for
participants
independant variable - CORRECT ANSWERS researchers
manipulate
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
- lifespan development - CORRECT ANSWERS the field of
study that examines patterns of growth, change, and stability in
behavior that occur throughout the entire lifespan
continuous development - CORRECT ANSWERS gradual
development in which achievements at one level build on those
previous levels
discontinuous development - CORRECT ANSWERS
development that occurs in distinct steps or stages, with each stage
bringing about behavior that is assumed to be qualitatively different
from behavior at earlier stages
id - CORRECT ANSWERS raw unorganized, inborn part of
personality that is present at birth; pleasure principle
ego - CORRECT ANSWERS rational and reasonable; buffer
between real world outside of us and primitive id; reality principle
superego - CORRECT ANSWERS person's conscious,
incorporating distinctions between right and wrong; develops around
5 or 6, learned from parents, teachers, and other significant figures
, behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWERS development can be
understood through studying observable behavior and environment
stimuli
who were the leading figures in behaviorism - CORRECT
ANSWERS John Watson, BF Skinner, Albert Bandura
bioecological approach to development - CORRECT ANSWERS
suggests that different levels of the environment
simultaneously influence individuals
correlation - CORRECT ANSWERS the research that seeks to
identify whether an association or relationship between two factors
exists
correlation coefficient - CORRECT ANSWERS ranges
between -1 - 0 - +1; positive = value of one factor increases, other
value also increases, negative = value of one increases, value of other
declines
experiment - CORRECT ANSWERS a process in which an
investigator (experimenter) devises two different experiences for
participants
independant variable - CORRECT ANSWERS researchers
manipulate
