HDEV2 Human Development Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

HDEV2 Human Development Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass


Developmental psychology -

CORRECT ANSWER: The discipline that studies the physical,

cognitive,social, and emotional development of humans.




QUESTION: Life span perspective -

CORRECT ANSWER: perspective from which psychologists study the

biological, cognitive, social, and emotional changes across the life span.




QUESTION: Behaviorism -

CORRECT ANSWER: Watson's view that science must study

observable behavior only and investigate relationships between stimuli

and responses.

,QUESTION: Maturation -

CORRECT ANSWER: The unfolding of genetically determined traits,

structures, and functions.




QUESTION: psychosexual development -

CORRECT ANSWER: The process by which libidinal energy is

expressed through different erogenous zones during different stages of

development.




QUESTION: Life crisis -

CORRECT ANSWER: an internal conflict that attends each stage of

psychosocial development




QUESTION: 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.

, QUESTION: 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.




QUESTION: Operant conditioning -

CORRECT ANSWER: a simple form of learning in which an organism

learns to engage in behavior that is reinforced.




QUESTION: Social cognitive theory -

CORRECT ANSWER: A cognitively oriented learning theory that

emphasizes observational learning.




QUESTION: 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