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PSYC 140 MODULE 1 EXAMMajor periods of development - answers-prenatal
Infancy and toddlerhood
Early childhood
Middle childhood
Adolescence
Early adulthood
Middle adulthood
Late adulthood
Distinctive features of human development - answers-lifelong
Multidirectional
Multidisciplinary
Multidimensional
Is development specific to a certain period in your life? - answers-no, development is
lifelong
Two major controversies in the field of developmental psychology - answers-nature vs
nurture
Continuity vs discontinuity
Controversy in the field of developmental psychology that looks at what causes people
to be the way they are - answers-nature vs nurture
Nature - answers-the influence of our inherited characteristics or biology on our
personality, physical growth, intellectual growth, and social interactions on change and
growth
Nurture - answers-the influence of our environments, such as parental influence,
socioeconomic status, or level of education on change and growth
Determine whether each theorist leans toward the nature or the nurture side? (freud,
erikson, skinner, and piaget) - answers-freud- both
Erikson- nurture
Skinner- nurture
Piaget- nature
Controversy in the field of developmental psychology that looks at what has to do with
the process of change - answers-continuity vs discontinuity
Sigmund freud - answers-austrian physician whose work focused on the unconscious
causes of behavior and personality formation; founded psychoanalysis.
, Who described 5 stages of development each of which involves a conflict and a fixation
with an area of the body that is associated with sexual gratification? - answers-sigmund
freud
Who described eight stages of human development, ranging from infancy to late
adulthood? - answers-erik erikson
Which feature of human development is described by change being either good, bad, or
both, simultaneously?
I.e at every period, an individual might be improving in some ways and falling behind in
others. - answers-multidirectional
Which feature of human development is aging considered to be? - answers-
multidirectional
Has to do with something becoming more developed and more advanced
Can be physical, emotional, and/or cognitive - answers-maturation
Changes in the following dimensions: biological, social, emotional, and cognitive
describe how development is what? - answers-multidimensional
Anal stage - answers-(18-36 months)
Stage focuses on bowel and bladder elimination. Coping with demands for control (potty
training)
Oral stage - answers-(0-18 months)
Stage focuses on pleasure on the mouth- sucking, biting, chewing
Phallic stage - answers-(3-6 years)
Focuses on the pleasure zone in the genitals, coping with incestuous sexual feelings
Latency stage - answers-(6 to puberty)
Focuses on dormant sexual feelings
Genital stage - answers-(puberty on)
Stage focuses on maturation of sexual interests
Sexual feelings re-emerge and are oriented toward others
Stage 1 of erikson's development stages - answers-birth to 18 months
Trust vs. Mistrust
Task: feeding
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