Human Development Quiz

<p>The brain's capacity to change and adapt over time in response to experiences. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Inability to track individual changes over time (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A person's educational attainment arising from the complex interaction of social, cultural, biological, and environmental influences. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>The traditional perspective focuses on growth and decline with age, often emphasizing childhood, while the life-span perspective considers development across the entire lifespan. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An agent that causes harm to the developing organism (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>An individual's development is influenced by the societal and cultural conditions they experience. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because it integrates insights from various disciplines like psychology, sociology, biology, and history to understand the complexity of human change. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The integration of diverse interdisciplinary influences into a cohesive framework. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Meta-theories offer a broad framework that shapes how development is conceptualized and studied. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Whether traits and characteristics early in life have permanent effects. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Continuity vs. Discontinuity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Meta-theories provide overarching worldviews, assumptions are foundational beliefs, and theories are specific frameworks grounded in assumptions. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Maturational meta-theory (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Organismic meta-theory (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>People are born as blank states. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The context specificity worldview (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A butterfly undergoing metamorphosis. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The dynamic interplay between an individual and their surrounding environment. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>External environmental forces (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Jean Piaget (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Through discontinuous, qualitatively different reorganizations. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To passively react to their genetic predispositions despite environmental factors. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Human development is predictable and primarily determined by external influences. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Humans are passive entities composed of separable components. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Development is progressive and only moves forward. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A doctor attributes weight loss solely to diet and exercise, overlooking metabolic differences. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Erik Erikson (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It remains fundamentally the same, reacting to external forces. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Imbalances leading to structural reorganizations (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By recognizing and supporting students' intrinsic motivation and active exploration. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A tennis game (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Plant-based meta-theory (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Continuous response to environmental control (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Organismic (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Jean Piaget (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The study of how individuals change over time across their lifespan.

Development occurs across the entire lifespan, emphasizing multidimensionality and contextual influences.

Development is not linear; one can grow in some areas while declining in others.

Development involves both gains and losses throughout all life stages.

The brain changes over time, allowing for flexibility in development.

Development is shaped by historical and cultural contexts.

Development is influenced by various fields such as biology, psychology, and sociology.

Integrating diverse influences into a coherent framework.

A broad framework influencing how development is studied.

Subconscious feelings and attitudes shaping beliefs.

Debate on whether genetics or environment shapes development.

Debate on whether early traits are permanent or changeable.

Quantitative incremental change versus qualitative shifts.

Whether development follows a universal or context-driven path.

Foundational beliefs influencing theories and frameworks.

Focuses on genetic contribution to development.

Humans develop through proactive interactions with their environments, like a dance.

Views humans as machines; development is predictable and externally driven.

Considers humans as active agents, with development driven by internal processes.

Development arises from interactions between individuals and their environments.

A theorist representing the mechanistic view through behaviorism.

An organismic theorist known for cognitive development stages.

A contextual theorist emphasizing sociocultural influences on development.

Involves multidimensionality, plasticity, and contextual influences.

Proposes eight stages of psychosocial development with specific conflicts.

Theorist known for moral development stages, expanding Piaget's work.

The inherited traits and characteristics that influence a person's development.

The idea that individuals are shaped primarily by their genetics without active change from the environment.

A perspective that views humans as machines shaped by external environmental factors.

A type of development that is steady and gradual over time, without major changes.

A viewpoint that sees humans as actively developing beings going through stages of growth, like butterflies.

The concept that individuals actively engage in their growth and shape their own development.

Development characterized by distinct, qualitative differences rather than smooth transitions.

Changes in an individual's development that result from new experiences or challenges.

Opportunities for development provided by one's surroundings that promote growth.

The idea that human development leads toward greater complexity and improvement.

They ensure systematic investigation and valid findings.

Findings are data-driven results; interpretations are subjective explanations.

Manipulates variables to establish cause and effect relationships.

Follows the same individuals over time to track changes.

Agents causing harm during prenatal development, like alcohol or nicotine.