Psych 359 Exam 1 questions with answers

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Give examples of developmental change in adulthood - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Biological dimensions |\ |\




• Physical features
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• Functional capacity
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• Sensorimotor function
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• Health
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• Genetic expression
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• brain
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Cognition
• Fluid intelligence
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• Speed, reasoning, memory, crystallized intelligence
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• Knowledge, skills
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• Life knowledge
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Personality
Big 5 traits
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,Self
• Goals, motives
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• Control beliefs
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• Life narrative
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Interests values |\




Social-Emotional
• Relationships
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• Social network
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• Sources of wellbeing
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• Attachment
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caregiving


What is meant by the concept of differential aging? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Life history |\ |\




Cohort
Opportunities
Life Events
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Environment

,Macro: Culture |\




Meso: Community |\




Mirco: Family |\




Personal Resources |\




Material
Social
Psychological
Bio-genetic
Health


Summarize the central concepts of lifespan development outlined by
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others: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. Aging (developing) is a
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lifelong process |\




i. Our sense of identity, personality, typical behaviors, cognitive
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abilities, everyday competence, preferences, thoughts, feelings, and
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interests, as well as our social relationships
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|\ ii. Help us adapt to a changing environment and life events
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|\ iii. Construct the environment around us
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|\ iv. Change throughout life
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|\ b. Development is Multidimensional
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i. Development and aging consists of biological, cognitive, self-
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related, personality, and socio-emotional dimensions.
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, |\ ii. Each of these dimensions may have many components.
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|\ c. Development is Multidirectional
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i. Developmental change may be in the direction of growth
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(increase) or loss (decline). There may also be periods of stability
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(maintenance).
ii. The shape of developmental trajectories across the life span ( ex:
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direction and onset of change) varies by categories of behavior
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iii. During the same age period, some systems of behavior show
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increases whereas others may show stability or decreases in levels of
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functioning
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|\ d. Individual development takes place "in context and time"
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i. There are multiple layers of environmental (social, cultural,
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biological)
|\ ii. These contexts change over time.
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|\ e. Developmental change trajectories can be modified
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i. Much intra-individual plasticity is found in psychological and
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biological development |\




ii. Lifespan researches ask about the potential of an individual to
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change and also about the constraints to change
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|\ iii. Concepts associated with this research agenda include:
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|\ 1) Development reserve
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|\ 2) Distinction between competence and performance
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|\ f. The field of development and aging is multidiscinplinary
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