HDEV2 Human Development UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Developmental psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - The discipline that studies the
physical, cognitive,social, and emotional development of humans.
Life span perspective - CORRECT ANSWER - perspective from which psychologists
study the biological, cognitive, social, and emotional changes across the life span.
Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER - Watson's view that science must study observable
behavior only and investigate relationships between stimuli and responses.
Maturation - CORRECT ANSWER - The unfolding of genetically determined traits,
structures, and functions.
psychosexual development - CORRECT ANSWER - The process by which libidinal
energy is expressed through different erogenous zones during different stages of development.
Life crisis - CORRECT ANSWER - an internal conflict that attends each stage of
psychosocial development
Identity crisis - CORRECT ANSWER - Erickson's view of a period of inner conflict
during which one examines one's values and makes decisions about one's life roles.
Classical conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER - A simple form of learning in which one
stimulus comes to bring forth the response usually brought forth by a second stimulus by being
paired repeatedly with the second stimulus.
Operant conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER - a simple form of learning in which an
organism learns to engage in behavior that is reinforced.
, Social cognitive theory - CORRECT ANSWER - A cognitively oriented learning theory
that emphasizes observational learning.
Cognitive developmental theory - CORRECT ANSWER - the stage theory that holds that
the child's abilities to mentally represent the world and solve problems unfold as a result of the
interaction of experience and the maturation of neurological structures.
Evolutionary psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - The branch of psychology that deals
with the ways in which the history of human adaptation to the environment influences behavior
and mental processes, with special focus on aggressive behavior and mating strategies.
Ecological systems theory - CORRECT ANSWER - The view that explains child
development in terms of the reciprocal influences between children and environmental settings.
Zone of proximal development - CORRECT ANSWER - Vygotsky's term for the situation
in which a child carries out tasks with the help of someone who is more skilled.
Prenatal - CORRECT ANSWER - Before birth.
Genotype - CORRECT ANSWER - The genetic form or constitution of a person as
determined by heredity.
Pheonotype - CORRECT ANSWER - The actual form or constitution of a person as
determined by heredity and enviromental factors.
Cephalocaudal - CORRECT ANSWER - From head to tail.
Proximodistal - CORRECT ANSWER - From the inner part (axis) of the body outward.
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Developmental psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - The discipline that studies the
physical, cognitive,social, and emotional development of humans.
Life span perspective - CORRECT ANSWER - perspective from which psychologists
study the biological, cognitive, social, and emotional changes across the life span.
Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER - Watson's view that science must study observable
behavior only and investigate relationships between stimuli and responses.
Maturation - CORRECT ANSWER - The unfolding of genetically determined traits,
structures, and functions.
psychosexual development - CORRECT ANSWER - The process by which libidinal
energy is expressed through different erogenous zones during different stages of development.
Life crisis - CORRECT ANSWER - an internal conflict that attends each stage of
psychosocial development
Identity crisis - CORRECT ANSWER - Erickson's view of a period of inner conflict
during which one examines one's values and makes decisions about one's life roles.
Classical conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER - A simple form of learning in which one
stimulus comes to bring forth the response usually brought forth by a second stimulus by being
paired repeatedly with the second stimulus.
Operant conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER - a simple form of learning in which an
organism learns to engage in behavior that is reinforced.
, Social cognitive theory - CORRECT ANSWER - A cognitively oriented learning theory
that emphasizes observational learning.
Cognitive developmental theory - CORRECT ANSWER - the stage theory that holds that
the child's abilities to mentally represent the world and solve problems unfold as a result of the
interaction of experience and the maturation of neurological structures.
Evolutionary psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - The branch of psychology that deals
with the ways in which the history of human adaptation to the environment influences behavior
and mental processes, with special focus on aggressive behavior and mating strategies.
Ecological systems theory - CORRECT ANSWER - The view that explains child
development in terms of the reciprocal influences between children and environmental settings.
Zone of proximal development - CORRECT ANSWER - Vygotsky's term for the situation
in which a child carries out tasks with the help of someone who is more skilled.
Prenatal - CORRECT ANSWER - Before birth.
Genotype - CORRECT ANSWER - The genetic form or constitution of a person as
determined by heredity.
Pheonotype - CORRECT ANSWER - The actual form or constitution of a person as
determined by heredity and enviromental factors.
Cephalocaudal - CORRECT ANSWER - From head to tail.
Proximodistal - CORRECT ANSWER - From the inner part (axis) of the body outward.
