Developmental Psychology Chapter 1

The process of growth and change that takes place between birth and maturity (until death). It is the scientific study of age-related changes throughout the human life span.

It recognizes humans of all societies and cultures as beings who are “in process,” or constantly growing and changing. This discipline identifies the biological, psychological, and social aspects that interact to influence the growing human life-span process.

A standard based upon the average abilities or performances of children of a specified age.

<p>The history of developmental psychology started from ancient times to the modern era, with significant contributions from John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Sigmund Freud, and Jean Piaget.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The assumptions are: development is lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, fluid, embedded in history, and contextual.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An approach to human development that examines changes at all ages, through adolescence and adulthood, to late adulthood, up until death.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A debate about whether human development is influenced more by hereditary factors (nature) or environmental factors (nurture).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The interaction of biological, psychological, and social aspects of developmental psychology from the essence of holistic biopsychosocial perspective.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The contexts for development include biological, social, cultural, historical, economic, and intellectual contexts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The research approaches include case studies, biopsychosocial framework, and other methods.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Changes in a person's thought processes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Plasticity refers to the ability of developmental changes to occur throughout the lifespan and to be drastically altered at any point in time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>loss</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Infancy = Period where many psychological activities like language development begin Adolescence = Period characterized by rapid physical changes and pursuit of independence Late Adulthood = Time of retirement and adjustment to new social roles</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The genes of the parents</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>baby's movements in the womb</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>weight</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Frontal Lobes = Voluntary movement, thinking, personality Occipital Lobes = Vision Temporal Lobes = Hearing, language processing, memory Parietal Lobes = Registering spatial location, attention, motor control</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>During fertilization</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Benefits of breastfeeding include supported research outcomes for the child and the mother.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>a sequence of genetic information that contains the building instructions for a specific protein</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Marasmus is a wasting away of body tissues in the infant's first year, caused by severe protein-calorie deficiency.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Kwashiorkor is a condition caused by severe protein deficiency where the child's abdomen and feet become swollen with water; usually appearing between 1-3 years old.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>pairs</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Blood group A = Allele for A antigen on red blood cells Blood group B = Allele for B antigen on red blood cells Blood group AB = Both alleles for A and B antigens on red blood cells Blood group O = Non-antigen allele resulting in no antigens on red blood cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Strength of genetic traits</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>niches</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>heredity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reproduce an event that initially occurred by chance</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Secondary Circular Reactions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>2 months</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Object permanence</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Broca's Area = Involved in speech production Wernicke's Area = Involved in language comprehension Child-Directed Speech = Language spoken in higher pitch with simple words and sentences</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Social smile</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>slow</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Easy child = Generally positive mood, easily adapts to new experiences Difficult child = Reacts negatively, cries frequently, slow to accept change Slow-to-warm-up child = Low activity level, somewhat negative, low intensity of mood</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Eat with children on a predictable schedule, model choosing nutritious food, make mealtimes pleasant occasions, engage in certain feeding styles</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Forceful behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>harm</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Piaget's Preoperational Stage = Children begin to form stable concepts and reason, dominated by egocentrism and magical beliefs Symbolic Function Substage = Children gain the ability to mentally represent objects that are not present Intuitive Thought Substage = Children begin to use primitive reasoning and ask many questions</p> Signup and view all the answers