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Psych 2450 Final Questions & Detailed Answers 2024
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How do experience and biological processes affect human development - ANS
Experience produces change through learning, biological processess produce
change through maturation
What are the two major underlying processes that interact to determine the
development of the individual? - ANS Learning and Maturation
Which of the following is an example of developmental change that primarily
reflects maturation? - ANS A child taking their first steps at about 1 yr.
Which of the following is an example of developmental change that primarily
reflects learning? - ANS A child solving simple arithmetic problems in grade 1
What is the term for the developmental process that underlies a change in
response to experience? - ANS Learning
What is the best way to start when beginning an intervention to optimize a child's
development? - ANS Identify what is normal and determine why changes occurs
before trying to optimize development
,A researcher videotaped preschoolers at a playground for a study of the frequency
of cooperative behaviours. What is the researcher's goal? - ANS Description
(Observation of behaviour)
Which research goal establishes the facts of development? - ANS Description
Suppose that researchers find that the average Canadian infant begins to stand
alone at the age of 1. What type of development would this be an example of? -
ANS Normative
How can the research goal of description be summarized? - ANS As What
What does normative development consist of? - ANS Changes that characterize
most individuals
What does ideographic development consist of? - ANS Changes that are specific to
the individual
The holistic perspective is a dominant theme of human development. What does
this perspective emphasize? - ANS Physical, Cognitive and Psychosocial aspects of
development and interdependent
Suppose that the plasticity principle did not apply to development. How would this
change our understanding of a child's abilities - ANS Children who grow up in poor
environments would suffer inevitably from their deficiencies
,What term refers to the capacity for change in response to positive or negative life
experiences? - ANS Plasticity
How were children treated during the medieval period - ANS There was some
concept that they were not adults
In which ancient society were boys deliberately treated very harshly to toughen
them to become soldiers in adulthood - ANS sparta
What was the general attitude toward children in ancient Europe? - ANS The child
was the property of the parents, with no rights of its own
How long has adolescence been recognized as a distinct phase of life? - ANS Early
20th Century
One philosophical view suggests that children are "selfish egoists", who must learn
to rechannel their selfish interests into socially desirable outlets. Which is this
philosophical view? - ANS Original sin in the philosophical underpinning for
psychoanalytic theory
Peter tells his wife that he thinks their 4 yo is a good girl. When Maria misbehaves
he states that she is exploring and learning, and it is important for them to teach
her more appropriate behaviour. What is Peter's philosophical view consistent
with? - ANS Innate Purity
, What did John Locke mean when he said that the mind of an infant is a tabula rasa
- ANS Blank Slates, ready to learn from experiences
Which theorist would endorse the statement that the child's nature is basically evil
and that it's society's job to restrain that evil? - ANS Thomas Hobbes
Tarzan's character remained innately pure because he was reared as a feral child
by apes, away from the corruption of human society. Who's philosophical
viewpoint is this consistent with? - ANS Rousseau (Innate Purity)
Whose theory of human nature implies that the newborn infant acquires all its
traits and knowledge based on their experiences? - ANS Locke & Watson
Passive creatures molded by environment
What is the term for a set of propositions that describe behaviour - ANS A theory
What is the term for a prediction about the characteristics of a behaviour under
investigation? - ANS A hypothesis
What is a measure said to be if it consistently gives the same results? - ANS reliable
What is a measure said to be if it accurately measures what it is designed to
measure - ANS Valid
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