DEV PSY CHAPTER 1.1

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What encompasses the growth of body and brain, sensory capacities, motor skills, and health?

  • Psychosocial development
  • Cognitive development
  • Heredity
  • Physical development (correct)

Which concept involves the pattern of change in mental abilities, such as learning, attention, memory, language, and creativity?

  • Maturation
  • Heredity
  • Environment
  • Cognitive development (correct)

What is the term for a two-generational kinship unit consisting of one or two parents and their biological, adopted, or stepchildren?

  • Nuclear family (correct)
  • Extended family
  • Socioeconomic status
  • Risk factors

What describes the combination of economic and social factors including income, education, and occupation?

<p>Socioeconomic status (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term represents the unfurling of a natural sequence of physical and behavioral changes?

<p>Maturation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What refers to conditions that increase the likelihood of a negative developmental outcome?

<p>Risk factors (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do developmental scientists focus on in the field of human development?

<p>The systematic processes of change and stability in people (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key concept in human development that can be studied throughout life?

<p>Life-span development (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is human development described in the text?

<p>A messy and complex process (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which characteristic differentiates positive and negative development, as mentioned in the text?

<p>Wetting the bed vs. being toilet trained (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the goals of the field of human development as it has evolved?

<p>Description, explanation, prediction, and intervention (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it essential to study human development using multiple disciplines?

<p>To gain a comprehensive understanding of the complex nature of development (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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