WVU Psych 241 Exam 1 Questions &
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lifespan human development - Correct Answers ✅ways in
which people grow, change, and stay the same throughout
their lives from conception to death
physical development - Correct Answers ✅refers to body
maturation and growth
cognitive development - Correct Answers ✅maturation of
thought processes and the tools that we use to obtain
knowledge
socioemotional development - Correct Answers ✅changes
in personality, emotions, views of oneself, social skills, and
interpersonal relationships
multidirectional - Correct Answers ✅development is
_________ which means that it consists of both gains and
losses
plasticity - Correct Answers ✅development is malleable or
changeable, and the brain and body is able to compensate
for illness and injury
resilience - Correct Answers ✅the capacity to adapt
effectively to adverse contexts and circumstances
,WVU Psych 241 Exam 1 Questions &
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context - Correct Answers ✅where and when a person
develops
age-graded influences - Correct Answers ✅closely tied to
chronological age and are largely predictable; ex: women
reaching menopause at about the same time
history-graded influences - Correct Answers ✅how the
time period in which we live and the unique historical
circumstances of that time period affect our development
cohort - Correct Answers ✅a generation of people born at
the same time
culture - Correct Answers ✅set of customs, knowledge,
attitudes, and values that are shared by members of a group
and learned in early life
nonnormative influences - Correct Answers ✅experiences
or events that happen to only one person or to just a few
people; ex - getting cancer, winning the lottery, etc.
, WVU Psych 241 Exam 1 Questions &
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continuous v discontinuous - Correct Answers ✅the
argument of whether development occurs through slow,
gradual change, or with very abrupt change
nature v nurture - Correct Answers ✅debate on whether
development is the result of one's genetics or based on the
environment they grew up in
theory - Correct Answers ✅way of organizing a set of
observations or facts into a comprehensive explanation of
how something works
hypothesis - Correct Answers ✅proposed explanation for a
given phenomenon that can be tested by research
psychoanalytic theory - Correct Answers ✅describes
development and behavior as a result of the interplay of
inner drives, memories, and conflicts that we are unaware of
and cannot control
freud's psychosexual theory - Correct Answers ✅much of
our behavior is driven by unconscious sexual impulses that
are outside of our awareness
Answers Guide (Guaranteed Succes)
Latest 2025
lifespan human development - Correct Answers ✅ways in
which people grow, change, and stay the same throughout
their lives from conception to death
physical development - Correct Answers ✅refers to body
maturation and growth
cognitive development - Correct Answers ✅maturation of
thought processes and the tools that we use to obtain
knowledge
socioemotional development - Correct Answers ✅changes
in personality, emotions, views of oneself, social skills, and
interpersonal relationships
multidirectional - Correct Answers ✅development is
_________ which means that it consists of both gains and
losses
plasticity - Correct Answers ✅development is malleable or
changeable, and the brain and body is able to compensate
for illness and injury
resilience - Correct Answers ✅the capacity to adapt
effectively to adverse contexts and circumstances
,WVU Psych 241 Exam 1 Questions &
Answers Guide (Guaranteed Succes)
Latest 2025
context - Correct Answers ✅where and when a person
develops
age-graded influences - Correct Answers ✅closely tied to
chronological age and are largely predictable; ex: women
reaching menopause at about the same time
history-graded influences - Correct Answers ✅how the
time period in which we live and the unique historical
circumstances of that time period affect our development
cohort - Correct Answers ✅a generation of people born at
the same time
culture - Correct Answers ✅set of customs, knowledge,
attitudes, and values that are shared by members of a group
and learned in early life
nonnormative influences - Correct Answers ✅experiences
or events that happen to only one person or to just a few
people; ex - getting cancer, winning the lottery, etc.
, WVU Psych 241 Exam 1 Questions &
Answers Guide (Guaranteed Succes)
Latest 2025
continuous v discontinuous - Correct Answers ✅the
argument of whether development occurs through slow,
gradual change, or with very abrupt change
nature v nurture - Correct Answers ✅debate on whether
development is the result of one's genetics or based on the
environment they grew up in
theory - Correct Answers ✅way of organizing a set of
observations or facts into a comprehensive explanation of
how something works
hypothesis - Correct Answers ✅proposed explanation for a
given phenomenon that can be tested by research
psychoanalytic theory - Correct Answers ✅describes
development and behavior as a result of the interplay of
inner drives, memories, and conflicts that we are unaware of
and cannot control
freud's psychosexual theory - Correct Answers ✅much of
our behavior is driven by unconscious sexual impulses that
are outside of our awareness
