PSYC 3206: Chapter 1, SmartBook Questions

Despite knowing the potential effects of alcohol on her unborn fetus, Laci chooses to drink anyway. The effects of alcohol may be especially harmful during the stage of the embryo. The susceptibility to harm during this stage of pregnancy is an example of a _____ period.

critical

A _______ _______ is a specific time when a given event has specific impact on development.

critical period

All development occurs within a setting or cultural ______, which may include families, schools, and/or countries, etc.

context

All development occurs within a setting or cultural ________, which may include families, schools, and/or countries, etc.

context

Normative age-graded influences, normative history-graded influences, and non normative life events are all part of the view that development is:

contextual

Human development is a field that is characterized by

continual change

Life-span development is considered to be a ________ process and does not end at any particular age.

continuous

Which of the following are characteristics or components of the late adulthood period of development?

coping with losses in one's faculties, it involves preparation for death

The goals for human development include:

description, explanation, intervening, prediction

Bates includes principles of _______ in his explanation of the life span.

development is multidimensional, life long, multi directional

The term _____ in development refers to the capacity for change.

plasticity

The term ______ in development refers to the capacity for change.

plasticity

The term _______ in development refers to the capacity for change.

plasticity

Among the goals of a developmental scientist is to _____ human behavior.

predict, describe

Dr. Roberto studies how adults chance in interactions with siblings as they age. She focused on the ______ domain of development.

psychosocial

Baltes and his colleagues hypothesize that mastery of life involves conflict and competition among which of the following goals of human development?

regulation of loss, maintenance, growth NOT evaluating the past or planning for the future

_____________ status, or SES, refers to a person's position within society, based on occupational, educational, and economic characteristics.

socioeconomic

Which of the following statements about development is true?

there are wide individual differences in development

T or F: age is one of the many factors to use when discussing development

true

What areas might a person with a focus on early childhood be interested in?

understanding egocentrism

In contrast to children today, children in colonial times were expected to:

work

Researchers study life-span development to help them _______ behavior.

Describe, predict, explain

T or F: When we say that development is multidisciplinary, we mean that individuals invest a great deal of resources to support their own development, as well as the development of their offspring.

False. Multidisciplinary means that many different academic disciplines are involved in studying development

The study of lifespan development includes the area of:

Psychosocial changes, physical change, cognitive growth

Which of the following sociocultural components of life-span development involves a person's position within society based on occupational, educational, and economic characteristics?

SES, socioeconomic status

The "nurture" portion of the nature vs. nurture controversy can be described as:

a psychological and environmental perspective on how people develop

Joey is graduating from high school at the age of 18. This is an example of normative ________ graded influence.

age

Which developmental period in childhood involves learning to be self-sufficient and caring for the self, developing school readiness skills, and playing with peers?

early childhood

Dr. Rogers studies traditional college students as they develop long-term relationships. Dr. Rogers is interested in the ________ stage of development.

emerging adulthood

A(n) _______ group consists of people united by a distinctive culture, ancestry, religion, or language.

ethnic

The attempt to label or put persons into racial or ethnic categories often leads to overgeneralization or

ethnic gloss

Juan lives in the same home as his mother, father, uncle, and grandparents. Juan lives in a(n) _______ family.

extended

American baby boomers shared the experience of the Cuban missile crisis in their youth. This is an example of a normative ________ graded influence.

history

The scientific study of patterns of change and stability for people across the life span is called ______ _______.

human development

The term ______ was coined by Konrad Lorenz to describe the rapid, innate learning that involves attachment to the first moving object seen when a young goose hatches.

imprinting

Which of the follow is not a domain in the nature of human development?

individual domain

As the field of human development evolved, its goals came to include description, explanation, prediction, and

intervention

Your grandmother saves items and money better than you because she grew up in the Great Depression of the 1930s. Her behaviors are:

normative history-graded influences

The ________ family is a household unit consisting of one or two parents and their children.

nuclear

Culture includes a group's:

language, values, traditions

In the life-span perspective, no age period dominates development, That highlights the view that development is considered to be:

lifelong

In the life-span perspective, no age period dominates development. That highlights the view that development is considered to be:

lifelong

The unfolding of the natural sequence of physical and behavioral changes is called

maturation

The concept according to Baltes that development includes the interactions between the biological, psychosocial, and social is the premise that "development is ______."

multidimensional

Which of the following are aspects of the life-span perspective of development?

multidirectional, lifelong, multidimensional

As adolescents develop romantic relationships, their time with friends may decrease. This is an example of the ______ of development.

multidirectionality

A atypical event is a(n) _______ life event if it happens to a particular person or a typical event that happens at an unusual time or life.

non-normative

Alex has just realized he has won the state lottery. Alex is experience a ____ life event.

non-normative

A ______ life event is an unusual occurrence that has a major influence on a person's life.

nonnormative

A _______ age-graded influence describes influences that are similar for people of a particular age group.

normative

Most children in the US start school when they are 5 or 6 years of age. This occurrence is an example of

normative age-graded influence

The goals for human development do not include

observing