PSYC 289 - Final Exam Questions With Correct
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nature - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-influence of genes (inherited)
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nurture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-influence of environment/experiences
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discontinuous - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-changes can occur rapidly and
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dramatically
continuous - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-growth can be gradual
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critical period - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-time period in which a growth must occur,
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or it can not occur at all
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sensitive period - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-time period of development in which
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conditions are ideal for which growth and learning are easiest. Occurring outside
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of this time is not impossible, but it may lead to difficulties or delays.
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physical - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-climate, noise, population density
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family - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-marital status, family size, family members' age
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and sex |
,community - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-urban or rural, diversity
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cohort - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-group of people born around the same time in
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the same place
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culture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-system of shared beliefs, conventions norms,
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behaviors, expectations, and symbolic representation that persist over time and
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prescribe social rules of conduct
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social construct - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-idea that is built on shared perceptions,
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not an objective reality
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difference-equals-deficit error - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mistaken belief that a | | | | | | | |
deviation from some norm is inferior
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ethnic group - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-people whose ancestors were born in the
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same region and who often share a language, culture, and religion
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plasticity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-abilities, personalities, and other human
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characteristics can change over time | | | |
lifespan development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-field of study that examines
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patterns of growth, change, and stability in behavior throughout the entire
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lifespan
,physical development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-examining the ways in which the
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body's makeup helps determine behavior
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cognitive development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-seeking to understand how
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growth and change in intellectual capabilities influence a person's behavior
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personality development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of stability and
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change in the enduring characteristics that differentiate one person from another
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over the lifespan
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social development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the way in which individuals'
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interactions and relationships with others grow, change, and remain stable over
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the course of life
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prenatal period - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-conception to birth
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infancy and toddlerhood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-birth to age 3
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preschool period - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ages 3 to 6
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middle childhood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ages 6 to 12
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adolescence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ages 12 to 20 | | | | | |
young adulthood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ages 20 to 40
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, middle adulthood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ages 40 to 65
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late adulthood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-age 65 to death
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history-graded influences - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-biological and environmental
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influences associated with a particular historical moment
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age-graded influences - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-biological and environmental
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influences that are similar for individuals in a particular age group, regardless of
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when or where they are raised
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sociocultural-graded influences - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the social and cultural
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factors present at a particular time for a particular individual, depending on such
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variables as ethnicity, social class, and subcultural membership
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non-normative life events - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-specific, atypical events that
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occur in a person's life at a time when such events do not happen to most people
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maturation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the predetermined unfolding of genetic
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information
psychodynamic perspective - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-believe much of behavior is
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motivated by inner forces, memories, and conflicts of which a person has little
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awareness or control | |
Answers
nature - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-influence of genes (inherited)
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nurture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-influence of environment/experiences
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discontinuous - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-changes can occur rapidly and
| | | | | | | |
dramatically
continuous - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-growth can be gradual
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critical period - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-time period in which a growth must occur,
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or it can not occur at all
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sensitive period - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-time period of development in which
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conditions are ideal for which growth and learning are easiest. Occurring outside
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of this time is not impossible, but it may lead to difficulties or delays.
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physical - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-climate, noise, population density
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family - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-marital status, family size, family members' age
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and sex |
,community - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-urban or rural, diversity
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cohort - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-group of people born around the same time in
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the same place
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culture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-system of shared beliefs, conventions norms,
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behaviors, expectations, and symbolic representation that persist over time and
| | | | | | | | | |
prescribe social rules of conduct
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social construct - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-idea that is built on shared perceptions,
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not an objective reality
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difference-equals-deficit error - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mistaken belief that a | | | | | | | |
deviation from some norm is inferior
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ethnic group - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-people whose ancestors were born in the
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same region and who often share a language, culture, and religion
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plasticity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-abilities, personalities, and other human
| | | | | | | |
characteristics can change over time | | | |
lifespan development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-field of study that examines
| | | | | | | | |
patterns of growth, change, and stability in behavior throughout the entire
| | | | | | | | | | |
lifespan
,physical development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-examining the ways in which the
| | | | | | | | | |
body's makeup helps determine behavior
| | | |
cognitive development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-seeking to understand how
| | | | | | | |
growth and change in intellectual capabilities influence a person's behavior
| | | | | | | | |
personality development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of stability and
| | | | | | | | |
change in the enduring characteristics that differentiate one person from another
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over the lifespan
| |
social development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the way in which individuals'
| | | | | | | | |
interactions and relationships with others grow, change, and remain stable over
| | | | | | | | | | |
the course of life
| | |
prenatal period - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-conception to birth
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infancy and toddlerhood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-birth to age 3
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preschool period - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ages 3 to 6
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middle childhood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ages 6 to 12
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adolescence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ages 12 to 20 | | | | | |
young adulthood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ages 20 to 40
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, middle adulthood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ages 40 to 65
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late adulthood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-age 65 to death
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history-graded influences - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-biological and environmental
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influences associated with a particular historical moment
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age-graded influences - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-biological and environmental
| | | | | | |
influences that are similar for individuals in a particular age group, regardless of
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when or where they are raised
| | | | |
sociocultural-graded influences - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the social and cultural
| | | | | | | |
factors present at a particular time for a particular individual, depending on such
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
variables as ethnicity, social class, and subcultural membership
| | | | | | |
non-normative life events - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-specific, atypical events that
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occur in a person's life at a time when such events do not happen to most people
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
maturation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the predetermined unfolding of genetic
| | | | | | | |
information
psychodynamic perspective - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-believe much of behavior is
| | | | | | | | |
motivated by inner forces, memories, and conflicts of which a person has little
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
awareness or control | |
