HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
EXAM 1 CH1-3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
developmental psychology - Correct Answers -a branch of psychology that studies
physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span
Nature vs. Nurture - Correct Answers -Heredity vs. Environment
Epigenetics - Correct Answers -the study of environmental influences on gene
expression that occur without a DNA change
Multidirectional - Correct Answers -at every period, development is a joint expression of
growth and decline
Multicultural - Correct Answers -set of shared beliefs, norms, behaviors, etc.
Multidisciplinary - Correct Answers -many disciplines contribute to understanding
development
plastic - Correct Answers -people can be shaped---people are durable
interesectionality - Correct Answers -various identities
Areas of development - Correct Answers -Biology--physical changes
Cognitive--how adults/children think
Social/emotional-processes as growth continues
longitudinal study - Correct Answers -research in which the same people are restudied
and retested over a long period
cross-sectional study - Correct Answers -a study in which people of different ages are
compared with one another
cross-sequential - Correct Answers -studies several groups of people of different ages
and then follows those groups longitudinally
classical conditioning - Correct Answers -a type of learning in which one learns to link
two or more stimuli and anticipate events
EXAM 1 CH1-3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
developmental psychology - Correct Answers -a branch of psychology that studies
physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span
Nature vs. Nurture - Correct Answers -Heredity vs. Environment
Epigenetics - Correct Answers -the study of environmental influences on gene
expression that occur without a DNA change
Multidirectional - Correct Answers -at every period, development is a joint expression of
growth and decline
Multicultural - Correct Answers -set of shared beliefs, norms, behaviors, etc.
Multidisciplinary - Correct Answers -many disciplines contribute to understanding
development
plastic - Correct Answers -people can be shaped---people are durable
interesectionality - Correct Answers -various identities
Areas of development - Correct Answers -Biology--physical changes
Cognitive--how adults/children think
Social/emotional-processes as growth continues
longitudinal study - Correct Answers -research in which the same people are restudied
and retested over a long period
cross-sectional study - Correct Answers -a study in which people of different ages are
compared with one another
cross-sequential - Correct Answers -studies several groups of people of different ages
and then follows those groups longitudinally
classical conditioning - Correct Answers -a type of learning in which one learns to link
two or more stimuli and anticipate events
