ABSC 160 Unit 1 Exam Questions and Correct Answers
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Course
ABSC 160
Institution
ABSC 160
Physical Development Biological changes that occur in the body or brain (changes in size, strength, sensory&motor changes, development of fine/gross motor skills)
Cognitive Development Changes in the way we think, understand and reason about the world.
Social-emotional development Changes in the ...
ABSC 160 Unit 1 Exam Questions and
Correct Answers
Physical Development ✅Biological changes that occur in the body or brain (changes in
size, strength, sensory&motor changes, development of fine/gross motor skills)
Cognitive Development ✅Changes in the way we think, understand and reason about
the world.
Social-emotional development ✅Changes in the way we connect with other ppl and
express/understand emotion
Nature ✅Influence of genetic inheritance on development
Nurture ✅Influence of learning and experiences in the enviro on development
Quantitative changes ✅Changes in the amount of quantity
Qualitative changes ✅Changes in the overall nature of what we are examining
Stage theories ✅Theories of development in which each stage in life is seen as
qualitatively diff from the ones that come before or after
Equifinality ✅Different developmental pathways may result in same outcome
Multifinality ✅Same pathways lead to different developmental pathways
Developmental psychopathology ✅approach that sees mental and behavioral
problems as distortions of normal developmental processes rather than illnesses
active niche picking ✅process in which ppl express their genetic tendencies by finding
enviros that match or enhance those tendencies
Peer review ✅Process in which professionals critique article and make suggestions for
improvement before being published
Replicate ✅Find same results in a previous research study
perceptual bias ✅tendency to see and understand something based on the way you
expected it to be
, folk wisdom ✅knowledge that is widely accepted but has not been scientifically tested
social policy ✅government or private policies for dealing with social issues
Unconscious mind ✅part of the mind that contains thoughts and feelings about which
we are unaware - repress
Free association ✅process used by psychoanalysis in which one thinks of anything
that comes to mind in relation to a dream or another thought to reveal contents of
unconscious mind
Id ✅psychoanalytic theory - part of the personality that consists of the basic drives
(sex, hunger)
Pleasure principle ✅idea that the id seeks immediate gratification for all its urges
Ego ✅part of the personality that contends with the reality of the world and controls the
basic drives - control emotions and wants
Reality principle ✅ego has ability to deal with the real world and not just drives and
fantasy
superego ✅sense of right or wrong-ages 5-7-morals
psychosexual stages ✅Freud's idea that at each stage sexual energy is invested in a
diff part of the body
Oral stage ✅birth-18 months - infants' biological energy centered around mouth
Anal stage ✅18 months-3 yrs - toddlers' sexual energy focused on anus
Phallic stage ✅3-6 yrs - focus on genitals - overcome attraction to opposite-sex parent
and begin to identify with same-sex parent
Latency stage ✅6-12 yrs - sex drive is inactive - interest from parents to peers
Genital Stage ✅12- true sexual interest occurs between peers
psychosocial stages ✅Erikson's stages - at each age there is a central conflict to be
resolved and the way we resolve the conflict lays groundwork for next stages in
development
Epigenetic principle ✅each stage of development builds on the outcome of the stage
that preceded it
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