FAD 3220 Chapter 1 Test Questions and Correct Answers
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FAD 3220
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FAD 3220
Lifespan development the field of study that examines patterns of growth, change, and stability in behavior that occur throughout the entire life span
Topical areas of lifespan development 1. Physical development 2. Cognitive development 3. Personality development 4. Social development
Cohort a g...
FAD 3220 Chapter 1 Test Questions and
Correct Answers
Lifespan development ✅the field of study that examines patterns of growth, change,
and stability in behavior that occur throughout the entire life span
Topical areas of lifespan development ✅1. Physical development
2. Cognitive development
3. Personality development
4. Social development
Cohort ✅a group of people from a given time period
Age-graded influences ✅events that are strongly related to age and therefore fairly
predictable in when they occur and how long they last
Sociocultural influences ✅factors such as gender, sexual orientation, spirituality,
religion, socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity or culture that can exert an effect on
mental health
Continuous vs discontinuous change ✅--continuous change: involves gradual
development in which achievements at one level build on those of previous levels.
--discontinuous change: 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.
Non-normative life events ✅specific, atypical events that occur in a particular person's
life at a time when such events do not happen to most people
Critical period ✅a specific time in development when certain skills or abilities are most
easily learned
Sensitive period ✅a point in development when organisms are particularly susceptible
to certain kinds of stimuli in their environments, but the absence of those stimuli does
not always produce irreversible consequences
Psychodynamic perspective ✅the approach that states that behavior is motivated by
inner forces, memories, and conflicts that are generally beyond people's awareness and
control
Behavioral perspective ✅the approach that suggests that the keys to understanding
development are observable behavior and outside stimuli in the environment
, Cognitive perspective ✅approach that focuses on the processes that allow people to
know, understand & think about the world
Psychosocial theory (erikson) ✅people advance through the stages of development
based on how they adjust to social crises throughout their lives
8 stages of psychosocial development ✅1. Trust vs mistrust
2. Autonomy vs shame and doubt
3. Initiative vs guilt
4. Industry vs inferiority
5. Identity vs role confusion
6. Intimacy vs isolation
7. Generativity vs stagnation
8. Integrity vs despair
Psychoanalytic theory (freud) ✅unconscious forces act to determine personality and
behavior.
What are the stages of psychosexual development ✅1. Oral stage
2. Anal stage
3. Phallic stage
4. Latency stage
5. Genital stage
What did john b watson believe? ✅by conditioning a persons environment you could
produce any behavior
3 aspects of personality ✅id, ego, superego
Id ✅the id operates on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification
Ego ✅the largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that, according to freud,
mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality. The ego operates on the
reality principle, satisfying the id's desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure
rather than pain.
Superego ✅part of the personality that acts as a moral center (right and wrong)
What does behavioralists reflect is more important in development? ✅nature and
nurture
What notion do behavioralists reject? And believe? ✅that people universally pass thru
series of stages however people are affected by the environment stimuli that they're
exposed to
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