lifespan development unit 1 test
Development Psychology - correct answer the scientific study of age-related changes in our
bodies, behaviour, thinking, emotions, social relationships, and personalities
Original Sin (Christine Doctrine) - correct answer All humans are gown with a selfish and
stubborn nature. Thought that humans might seek redemption by living a disciplined life.
Parents facilitate the childs struggle to overcome inborn tendencies by restraining and
correcting the childs immoral tendencies
Blank Slate (John Locke) - correct answer Humans posses no innate tendencies, and all
differences among humans are attributable to experiences. Adults could mild children into
whatever they want them to be.
Innate Goodness (Rosseau) - correct answer All human beings are naturally good and seek out
experiences that help them grow. Children need only nurturing and protection to reach their full
potential.
Charles Darwin (evolutionist) - correct answer Believed they could understand the development
of the human species by studying child development, kept detailed records of his own child's
early development.
Stanley Hall - correct answer wanted to find more objective ways to study development, he
used questionnaires and interviews to study large numbers of children. Thought that
developmentalists should study norms or ages at which millstones are reached. Norms could
help track the development of individual children.
Gessal - correct answer genetically programmed sequential pattern of change. Maturation
determines many important developmental changes.Started the use of one way cameras and
observation to study children and developing norms.
, lifespan development unit 1 test
Piaget - correct answer One of the most influential theories in the history of developmental
psychology. Logical thinking develops in four stages between birth and adolescence . 1. physical
2. cognitive 3. social 4. emotional
Lifespan Perspective - correct answer The current view of developmentalists that changes
happen throughout the entire human lifespan and that changes must be interpreted in the light
of the culture and context in which they occur.
Physical Domain - correct answer changes in size, shape, and characteristics of the body
Cognitive Domain - correct answer changes in thinking, memory, problem-solving and
intellectual skills
Social Domain - correct answer changes in variables that are associated with the relationship of
an individual to others
Interactionist model - correct answer the theory that development results from complex
reciprocal interactions between multiple personal and environmental factors
Continuity (quantitative change) - correct answer age-related change is primarily a matter of
amount or degree
discontinuity (qualitative change) - correct answer a change in kind of type
Social Clock - correct answer a set of age norms that defines a sequence of life experiences that
is considered normal in a given culture and that all individuals in that culture are expected to
follow
Development Psychology - correct answer the scientific study of age-related changes in our
bodies, behaviour, thinking, emotions, social relationships, and personalities
Original Sin (Christine Doctrine) - correct answer All humans are gown with a selfish and
stubborn nature. Thought that humans might seek redemption by living a disciplined life.
Parents facilitate the childs struggle to overcome inborn tendencies by restraining and
correcting the childs immoral tendencies
Blank Slate (John Locke) - correct answer Humans posses no innate tendencies, and all
differences among humans are attributable to experiences. Adults could mild children into
whatever they want them to be.
Innate Goodness (Rosseau) - correct answer All human beings are naturally good and seek out
experiences that help them grow. Children need only nurturing and protection to reach their full
potential.
Charles Darwin (evolutionist) - correct answer Believed they could understand the development
of the human species by studying child development, kept detailed records of his own child's
early development.
Stanley Hall - correct answer wanted to find more objective ways to study development, he
used questionnaires and interviews to study large numbers of children. Thought that
developmentalists should study norms or ages at which millstones are reached. Norms could
help track the development of individual children.
Gessal - correct answer genetically programmed sequential pattern of change. Maturation
determines many important developmental changes.Started the use of one way cameras and
observation to study children and developing norms.
, lifespan development unit 1 test
Piaget - correct answer One of the most influential theories in the history of developmental
psychology. Logical thinking develops in four stages between birth and adolescence . 1. physical
2. cognitive 3. social 4. emotional
Lifespan Perspective - correct answer The current view of developmentalists that changes
happen throughout the entire human lifespan and that changes must be interpreted in the light
of the culture and context in which they occur.
Physical Domain - correct answer changes in size, shape, and characteristics of the body
Cognitive Domain - correct answer changes in thinking, memory, problem-solving and
intellectual skills
Social Domain - correct answer changes in variables that are associated with the relationship of
an individual to others
Interactionist model - correct answer the theory that development results from complex
reciprocal interactions between multiple personal and environmental factors
Continuity (quantitative change) - correct answer age-related change is primarily a matter of
amount or degree
discontinuity (qualitative change) - correct answer a change in kind of type
Social Clock - correct answer a set of age norms that defines a sequence of life experiences that
is considered normal in a given culture and that all individuals in that culture are expected to
follow
