Developmental Psychology Quiz

7 Questions

Match the following developmental processes with their descriptions:

Biological processes = Changes in an individual’s physical nature. Cognitive processes = Changes in an individual’s thought, intelligence, and language. Socioemotional processes = Changes in an individual’s relationships with other people, emotions, and personality. Social policy = A national government’s course of action designed to promote the welfare of its citizens.

Match the following influences with their definitions:

Normative age-graded influences = Biological and environmental influences that are similar for individuals in a particular age group. Normative history-graded influences = Biological and environmental influences that are associated with history. These influences are common to people of a particular generation. Nonnormative life events = Unusual occurrences that have a major impact on a person’s life. The occurrence, pattern, and sequence of these events are not applicable to many individuals. Lifespan perspective = The perspective that development is lifelong and constructed through biological, sociocultural, and individual factors working together.

Match the following questions with their meanings:

Nature versus nurture question = The question about how nature (genes) and nurture (environment) interact in development. Stability-change issue = The debate about the degree to which early traits and characteristics persist through life or change. This = this

Match the following theories with their descriptions:

Psychoanalytic theories = Development depends primarily on the unconscious mind and is heavily couched in emotion Erikson’s theory = Consists of eight stages of psychosocial development throughout the lifespan Piaget’s theory = Children construct their understanding of the world and go through four stages of cognitive development Vygotsky’s theory = Emphasizes how culture and social interaction guide cognitive development

Match the following terms with their descriptions:

Ethology = The study of the behaviour of animals in their natural habitat Imprinting = Rapid, innate learning that results in attachment to a caregiver Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological theory = Focuses on five environmental systems: microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, and chronosystem Meiosis = A specialized form of cell division that occurs to form eggs and sperm (or gametes)

Match the following genetic terms with their descriptions:

Chromosomes = Threadlike structures made up of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA DNA = A complex molecule with a double-helix shape that contains genetic information Mitosis = Cellular reproduction in which the cell’s nucleus duplicates itself with two new cells being formed, each containing the same DNA as the parent cell, arranged in the same 23 pairs of chromosomes Genotype = A person’s genetic heritage; his or her actual genetic material

Match the following definition-related terms with their descriptions:

Continuity-discontinuity issue = The debate about the extent to which development involves gradual, cumulative change or distinct stages Theory = A coherent set of ideas that helps to explain data and to make predictions Hypotheses = Assertions or predictions, often derived from theories, that can be tested Information-processing theory = A theory emphasizing that individuals manipulate information, monitor it, and strategize about it. The processes of memory and thinking are central

Test your knowledge on the pattern of movement and change that starts at conception and continues through the lifespan. This quiz covers biological, cognitive, and socioemotional processes, as well as normative age-graded influences.