PSYCH 217 EXAM 1QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. development- Answer - Systematic changes and continuities in the individual that occur between conception and
death
2. Three broad developmental domains- Answer - Physical
development Cognitive development
Psychosocial development
3. Physical development- Answer - the growth of the body and its organ, the functioning of physiological
systems including the brain, physical signs of aging, changes in motor abilities
4. Cognitive development- Answer - changes and continuity in perception, language, learning memory,
problem solving, and other mental processes.
5. Psychosocial development- Answer - changes and carryover in personal and interpersonal aspects of
develop- ment, such as motives, emotions, personality traits, interpersonal skills, and relationships, and roles played in the
family and in the larger society
6. Aging in the developmental perspective- Answer - Deterioration of organisms that
leads to death Opposite of growth
Usually means something negative
7. Developmental scientist now conceptualize aging as- Answer - physical, cognitive, and
psychosocial changes, positive and negative, in the mature organism
I.e as kids get older , their thinking becomes more logical but less flexible because they tend to become less open to
other ways to solve problems
Older adults exhibit cognitive decline, but have more accumulated knowledge
The process of maturity comes with its benefit but also carries with it some determinants
8. Developmental changes involves- Answer - gains, losses, neutral changes, and continuities in
,each phase of the life span
I.e worries about your own career shifts to worrying about the career of children (no gain, no loss, just ditterence)
9. Emerging adulthood period- Answer - However theorists argue that there should be a stage
between adoles- cence and early adulthood called Emerging Adulthood ’ages 18-29
, 10. Prenatal Period- Answer - conception to birth
11. Infancy- Answer - birth to 18-24 months
12. Early Childhood- Answer - 2-5 years
13. Middle & late Childhood- Answer - 6-11 years
14. Early Adulthood- Answer - 20-30
15. Middle Adulthood- Answer - 40 to 50
16. Late Adulthood- Answer - 40 to 50
17. Importance of a theory- Answer - Theories guide the collection of new facts or observations
Theories make clear- Answer -
What is most important to study
What can be hypothesized or predicted
about it How it should be studies
18. Theories make clear- Answer - What is most
important to study What can be hypothesized or predicted
about it
How it should be studies
19. psychoanalytic viewpoint- Answer - developed by Sigmund Freud revised by Erik Erikson and other
new-Fredi- ans
Psychological disorders are caused and maintained by unconscious conflicts and repressed memories, usually origi-
nating in childhood
20. Freud's Strengths- Answer - Attention to unconscious processes underlying
human behavior Highlighted early experiences
1. development- Answer - Systematic changes and continuities in the individual that occur between conception and
death
2. Three broad developmental domains- Answer - Physical
development Cognitive development
Psychosocial development
3. Physical development- Answer - the growth of the body and its organ, the functioning of physiological
systems including the brain, physical signs of aging, changes in motor abilities
4. Cognitive development- Answer - changes and continuity in perception, language, learning memory,
problem solving, and other mental processes.
5. Psychosocial development- Answer - changes and carryover in personal and interpersonal aspects of
develop- ment, such as motives, emotions, personality traits, interpersonal skills, and relationships, and roles played in the
family and in the larger society
6. Aging in the developmental perspective- Answer - Deterioration of organisms that
leads to death Opposite of growth
Usually means something negative
7. Developmental scientist now conceptualize aging as- Answer - physical, cognitive, and
psychosocial changes, positive and negative, in the mature organism
I.e as kids get older , their thinking becomes more logical but less flexible because they tend to become less open to
other ways to solve problems
Older adults exhibit cognitive decline, but have more accumulated knowledge
The process of maturity comes with its benefit but also carries with it some determinants
8. Developmental changes involves- Answer - gains, losses, neutral changes, and continuities in
,each phase of the life span
I.e worries about your own career shifts to worrying about the career of children (no gain, no loss, just ditterence)
9. Emerging adulthood period- Answer - However theorists argue that there should be a stage
between adoles- cence and early adulthood called Emerging Adulthood ’ages 18-29
, 10. Prenatal Period- Answer - conception to birth
11. Infancy- Answer - birth to 18-24 months
12. Early Childhood- Answer - 2-5 years
13. Middle & late Childhood- Answer - 6-11 years
14. Early Adulthood- Answer - 20-30
15. Middle Adulthood- Answer - 40 to 50
16. Late Adulthood- Answer - 40 to 50
17. Importance of a theory- Answer - Theories guide the collection of new facts or observations
Theories make clear- Answer -
What is most important to study
What can be hypothesized or predicted
about it How it should be studies
18. Theories make clear- Answer - What is most
important to study What can be hypothesized or predicted
about it
How it should be studies
19. psychoanalytic viewpoint- Answer - developed by Sigmund Freud revised by Erik Erikson and other
new-Fredi- ans
Psychological disorders are caused and maintained by unconscious conflicts and repressed memories, usually origi-
nating in childhood
20. Freud's Strengths- Answer - Attention to unconscious processes underlying
human behavior Highlighted early experiences
