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Psychology: Human Growth and
Development Test #1 exam questions
with 100% correct answers 2023
lifespan development - answer the field of study that examines patterns of growth, change, and
stability in behavior that occur throughout the entire life span.


physical development - answer development involving the body's physical makeup, including
the brain, nervous system, muscles, and senses and the need for food, drink, and sleep


cognitive development - answer development involving the ways that growth and change in
intellectual capabilities influence a person's behavior


personality development - answer development involving the ways that the enduring
characteristics that differentiate one person from another change over the life span


social development - answer the way in which individuals interactions with others and their
social relationships grow, change, and remain stable over the course of life


continuous change - answer gradual development in which achievements at one level build on
those of prebious levels


discontinous change - answer development that occurs in distinct steps or stages with each
stage bringing about behavior that is assumed to be qualitatively different from behavior at
earlier stages


critical period - answer a specific time during development when a particular event has its
greatest consequences and the presence of certain kinds of environmental stimuli is necessary
for development to proceed normally

, sensitive period - answer a point in development when organisms are paricularly susceptible to
certain kinds of stimuli in their environments, but the absence of those stimuli does not always
produce inverible consequences


maturation - answer the predetermined unfolding of genetic information


theories - answer explanations and predictions concerning phenomena of interest, providing a
framework for understanding the relationships among an organized set of facts or principles


psychodynamic perspective - answer the approach stating that behavior is motivated by inner
forces memories, and conflicts that are generally beyond people's awareness and control


psychoanalytic theory - answer the theory proposed by Freud that suggests that unconscious
forces act to determine personality and behavior


psychosexual development - answer according to Freud, a series of stages that children pass
through in which pleasure, or gratification, focuses on a particular biological function and body
part


psychosocial development - answer the approach that encompasses changes in our interactions
with and understandings of one another, as well as in our knowledge and understanding of
ourselves as members of society


behavioral perspective - answer the approach suggesting that the keys to understanding
development are observable behavior and outside stimuli in the environment


classical conditioning - answer a type of learning in which an organism responds in a particular
way to a neutral stimulus that normally does not bring about the type of response


operant conditioning - answer a form of learning in which a voluntary response is strengthened
or weakened by its association with positive or negative consequences

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