PSYCH 464 - Unit 1 Questions and Answers A+ Graded (2025).

PSYCH 464 - Unit 1 Questions and
Answers A+ Graded (2025)




cross-sectional .study .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-design .in .which .people .of .different
.cohorts .are .observed .at .one .time .of .measurement


longitudinal .study .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-a .developmental .research .design .that
.measures .one .cohort .over .two .or .more .times .of .measurement


microgenetic .study .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-longitudinal .design .in .which
.participants .are .tested .repeatedly .over .a .span .of .days .or .weeks


sequential .design .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-developmental .research .design .based
.on .cross-sectional .and .longitudinal .designs


Gerontology .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-the .study .of .aging .from .maturity .through .old
.age


Life-spanning .perspective .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-division .of .human .life .into .two
.phases: .childhood/adolescence .and .young/middle/late .adulthood


biological .force .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-one .of .four .basic .forces .of .development
.that .includes .all .genetic .and .health-related .factors


psychological .force .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-one .of .four .basic .forces .of
.development .that .includes .all .internal .perceptual, .cognitive, .emotional, .and

.personality .factors


sociocultural .force .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-one .of .the .four .basic .forces .of
.development .that .include .interpersonal, .societal, .cultural, .and .ethnic .factors


life-cycle .force .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-reflection .of .how .the .same .event .or
.combination .of .forces .affects .people .at .different .points .in .life


biopsychosocial .framework .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-way .of .organizing .the
.biological, .psychological, .and .socioculture .forces .on .human .development

, cohort .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-a .group .of .people .born .at .the .same .point .or
.specific .time .span .in .historical .time


normative .age-graded .influence .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-experience .caused .by
.biological, .psychological, .and .sociocultural .forces .closely .related .to .a .person's
.age


normative .history-graded .influence .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-event .that .most .people
.in .a .specific .culture .experience .at .the .same .time


nonnormative .influence .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-random .event .that .is .important .to
.an .individual .but .does .not .happen .to .most .people


primary .aging .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-normal, .disease-free .development .during
.adulthood


secondary .aging .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-developmental .change .related .to .disease,
.lifestyle, .and .other .environmental .changes .that .are .not .inevitable


tertiary .aging .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-rapid .losses .occurring .shortly .before .death

emerging .adulthood .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-a .period .when .individuals .are .not
.adolescents .but .are .not .yet .fully .adults


plasticity .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-the .belief .that .capacity .is .not .fixed, .but .can .be
.learned .or .improved .with .practice


reliability .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-ability .of .a .measure .to .produce .the .same .value
.when . used .repeatedly


validity .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-degree .to .which .an .instrument .measures .what .it .is
.supposed .to .measure


systematic .observation .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-measurement .involving .watching
.people .and .carefully .recording .what .they . say .or .do


self-reports .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-people's .answers .to .questions .about .the .topic
.of .interest


experiment .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-study .in .which .an .independent .variable .is
.manipulated .to .observe .effects .on .a .dependent .variable


independent .variable .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-element .manipulated .in .an
.experiment


dependent .variable .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-behavior .or .outcome .measured .in .an
.experiment