HDFS Unit 1 Exam Questions with Complete Solutions

Human Development - ANSWER-Scientific Study of age-related changes in Behavior, thinking, Emotion, and Personality Developed Countries - ANSWER-More affluence 17% of total world population Developing Countries - ANSWER-Less wealth 83% of total health Variations between developing countries - ANSWER-Income Education Cultural Beliefs Subcultures Majority vs. minority culture contexts SES Gender Ethnicity Continuity - ANSWER-If Development consists only of additions, the concept of stages is not needed Discontinuity - ANSWER-If development involves reorganization or emergence strategies, quality, or skill, than stages are useful Normative age-graded Universal Changes - ANSWER-Social clock or age norms Normative History-graded changes - ANSWER-Cohort or generational effects Non-normative Changes - ANSWER-Unique, unshared changes or individual differences Original Sin - ANSWER-St. Augustin. People born bad Innate Goodness - ANSWER-Rousou People are born good The Blank Slate - ANSWER-John Locke Environment influences you