HDFS 1500 Exam 1 ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- pattern of movement/change that continues
throughout life (conception - birth)
-constructed through biological, sociocultural, and individual factors
Life-long - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- no age period dominates development
Multidemensional - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- biological, cognitive, socioemotional
-change in one affects the others
Multidirectional - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- some dimensions shrink while others grow
ex: improved romantic relationship --> lowered friend relationships
Plasticity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- capacity for change
(as you age, plasticity decreases)
Multidisciplinary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- research questions are shared among
disciplines
contextual - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- development does not occur in a vacuum
Life-span - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- based on oldest documented age
Life expectancy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- average number of years that a person born in a
particular year can expect to live
Biological - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- physical changes
,Cognitive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- thought, intelligence, language changes
Socioemotional - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- relationships, emotions, personality changes
Prenatal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- conception to birth
Infancy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- birth to 18/24 mo
Early childhood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- infancy to 5/6 mo
Middle and late childhood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 6 to 11 years
Adolescence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 10/12 to 18/22 years
Early adulthood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 20s through 30s
Middle adulthood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 40s through 60s
Late adulthood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 60s/70s to death
Chronological age - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- number or years since birth
Biological age - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- health compared to others your age
Psychological age - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- adaptive capacities of the individual
Social age - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- society's age expectations
quantitative - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- continuity, gradual, cumulative
, qualitative - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- discontinuity, distinct stages
Psychoanalitic Development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- unconscious, colored by emotion
-analyze the symbolic meanings of behavior and the deep inner workings of the mind
-Freud
-Erikson
Freud's psychosexual - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- problems from first 5 years
"sexual" conflicts
Erikson's psychosocial - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- motivation is social, affiliate with people
Cognitive Development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- emphasis on conscious thoughts
-Piaget
-Vygotsky
-Information Processing
Piaget's Cognitive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- four stages (age-related)
processes of organizing and adapting
Vygotsky's Sociocultural - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- culture and social interaction guide
use language, math, memory
Information Processing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- manipulate, monitor, strategize
information
increased capacity for processing
B. F. Skinner (Behavioral and Social Cognitive) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- operant
conditioning
and CORRECT Answers
Development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- pattern of movement/change that continues
throughout life (conception - birth)
-constructed through biological, sociocultural, and individual factors
Life-long - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- no age period dominates development
Multidemensional - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- biological, cognitive, socioemotional
-change in one affects the others
Multidirectional - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- some dimensions shrink while others grow
ex: improved romantic relationship --> lowered friend relationships
Plasticity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- capacity for change
(as you age, plasticity decreases)
Multidisciplinary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- research questions are shared among
disciplines
contextual - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- development does not occur in a vacuum
Life-span - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- based on oldest documented age
Life expectancy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- average number of years that a person born in a
particular year can expect to live
Biological - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- physical changes
,Cognitive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- thought, intelligence, language changes
Socioemotional - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- relationships, emotions, personality changes
Prenatal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- conception to birth
Infancy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- birth to 18/24 mo
Early childhood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- infancy to 5/6 mo
Middle and late childhood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 6 to 11 years
Adolescence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 10/12 to 18/22 years
Early adulthood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 20s through 30s
Middle adulthood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 40s through 60s
Late adulthood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 60s/70s to death
Chronological age - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- number or years since birth
Biological age - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- health compared to others your age
Psychological age - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- adaptive capacities of the individual
Social age - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- society's age expectations
quantitative - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- continuity, gradual, cumulative
, qualitative - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- discontinuity, distinct stages
Psychoanalitic Development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- unconscious, colored by emotion
-analyze the symbolic meanings of behavior and the deep inner workings of the mind
-Freud
-Erikson
Freud's psychosexual - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- problems from first 5 years
"sexual" conflicts
Erikson's psychosocial - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- motivation is social, affiliate with people
Cognitive Development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- emphasis on conscious thoughts
-Piaget
-Vygotsky
-Information Processing
Piaget's Cognitive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- four stages (age-related)
processes of organizing and adapting
Vygotsky's Sociocultural - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- culture and social interaction guide
use language, math, memory
Information Processing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- manipulate, monitor, strategize
information
increased capacity for processing
B. F. Skinner (Behavioral and Social Cognitive) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- operant
conditioning
