PSY362: EXAM1 CH1-3 (Intro, Theories,
Nature/Nurture) 2025/2026 Exam
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Intro to child psych: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-dual biomedical approach often
neglect psych aspect
-biopsychsocial approach now
-development=systamic changes via biopsych from birth to death
Why study childhood: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-experience deter later development
-lewis terman longitudinal study of gifted child (conscientious>longer
life)(IQ not determine success, depends personality and nurturing)
,Delay of gratification: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Walter marshmellow test
-increase delay, higher SAT scores, higher emotional tolerance
*how do u know it's not parenting that's determinig all these not the
marshmellows?
Who needs to understand child development: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-
parents=socialization
-educator=brain develop
-policy makers=prevent public dz (obesity due to bad parenting)
-health pros=promote exercise
Understand development: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-development shouldnt be soley
focused on biological change but rather the context of change
-walking skills=newborns try to step flex but 3 mo don't (old idea; depends
on brain maturation)(new idea; depend on context)
-Esther Telen's dynamic systems (step reflex behavior dependent on
context such as if legs too heavy to step or when placed on water)
,*shows change due to context not brain development)
Why understand developmental change: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-so we don't
make bio assumpton of people
-Uner Tan syndrome(old idea: walk on all fours due to reverse
evoluntion)(new idea: due to ailments, cerebellum issue NOT evolutionary)
-this can be reverse with context, nurturing
Domains of development: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. physical
2. cognitive
3. social emotional
Recurring issues of debate: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-holistic=inter-related changes
in domains sums up to net change
1. nature vs nurture
2. continuity/discontinuity
3. stability/change
4. universality/ prticularity
5. activity/passivity
3
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, Nature VS nurture: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-native=nativism, bio deter behavior
-nuture=empiricism, behaviorism, environment deter development
-interactionism=nurture and nature seperately influence person
-epigenetics=genes and context inter-influence each other to form the net
behavior
Continuity VS discontinuity: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-cont=changes gradually,
quantitative (ex. changes in weight lifting)
-discont=stage theories, abrutly, qualitative (ex. changes in mindset type)
Stability VS change: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-stable=floor effect, no change of
behavior over development
-change=behavior decline over lifespan
*lol of course they didn't increase malbehavior, schools conditions ppl to
behave not age...
Universality VS particularity: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-universal=humans develops
in same way
-particularity=people unique in their cultures thus develops differently
Nature/Nurture) 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Answers | A+ Score
Assured
Intro to child psych: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-dual biomedical approach often
neglect psych aspect
-biopsychsocial approach now
-development=systamic changes via biopsych from birth to death
Why study childhood: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-experience deter later development
-lewis terman longitudinal study of gifted child (conscientious>longer
life)(IQ not determine success, depends personality and nurturing)
,Delay of gratification: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Walter marshmellow test
-increase delay, higher SAT scores, higher emotional tolerance
*how do u know it's not parenting that's determinig all these not the
marshmellows?
Who needs to understand child development: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-
parents=socialization
-educator=brain develop
-policy makers=prevent public dz (obesity due to bad parenting)
-health pros=promote exercise
Understand development: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-development shouldnt be soley
focused on biological change but rather the context of change
-walking skills=newborns try to step flex but 3 mo don't (old idea; depends
on brain maturation)(new idea; depend on context)
-Esther Telen's dynamic systems (step reflex behavior dependent on
context such as if legs too heavy to step or when placed on water)
,*shows change due to context not brain development)
Why understand developmental change: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-so we don't
make bio assumpton of people
-Uner Tan syndrome(old idea: walk on all fours due to reverse
evoluntion)(new idea: due to ailments, cerebellum issue NOT evolutionary)
-this can be reverse with context, nurturing
Domains of development: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. physical
2. cognitive
3. social emotional
Recurring issues of debate: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-holistic=inter-related changes
in domains sums up to net change
1. nature vs nurture
2. continuity/discontinuity
3. stability/change
4. universality/ prticularity
5. activity/passivity
3
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Nature VS nurture: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-native=nativism, bio deter behavior
-nuture=empiricism, behaviorism, environment deter development
-interactionism=nurture and nature seperately influence person
-epigenetics=genes and context inter-influence each other to form the net
behavior
Continuity VS discontinuity: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-cont=changes gradually,
quantitative (ex. changes in weight lifting)
-discont=stage theories, abrutly, qualitative (ex. changes in mindset type)
Stability VS change: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-stable=floor effect, no change of
behavior over development
-change=behavior decline over lifespan
*lol of course they didn't increase malbehavior, schools conditions ppl to
behave not age...
Universality VS particularity: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-universal=humans develops
in same way
-particularity=people unique in their cultures thus develops differently
