Chapt 1 Flashcards
which of the following is not one of the basic issues of development
continuous vs discontinuous stability vs plasticity
nature vs nurture
one course of development vs many possible courses
stability versus plasticity
A five-year-old playing make-believe house is an example of a behavior described by which stage according to Piaget? sensorimotor formal operational concrete operational preoperational
preoperational
A young girl goes to a new school and makes friends. after a couple weeks her parents start noticing she is wearing the same clothes and hairstyles as her friends at school. this is best explained by which theory?
vygotskys sociocultural theory information processing
social learning theory
lifespan perspective
social learning theory
sensitive periods Are a concept applicable to which theory psycho analytic perspective ecological systems theory social learning theory ethology and evolutionary theory
ethology and evolutionary theory
an individual maturing in motor functioning such as beginning to crawl and then displaying a decline in the maturity of their speech can be explained by what principle? plasticity multidimensional continuous multidirectional
multidirectional
A reporter emerging themselves in a particular culture to analyze the values and social processes is which type of research method? case study clinical interview naturalistic observation Ethnography
ethnography
The outermost level of the ecological systems theory is Exosystem chronosystem macrosystem meso system
macro system
which of the following is True about the information processing theory
it regards individuals as sense making beings.
Views development as discontinuous.
There are many courses of development.
Only experiences impact on an individual’s development. Biological factors don’t play roll
a
and eight-year-old boy plays baseball with his peers at school every day and doesn't improve but after practicing with his 16-year-old brother who plays on the varsity team at school a few days a week begins to see significant improvements in most of his skills. this would be an example of which theory behaviorism sociocultural theory information processing ecological systems theory
b
which research method would best provide information regarding the reasoning individuals behave in particular ways structured interviews naturalistic observation clinical interviews structured observations
c
all of the following are true about ethology and evolutionary developmental theory except
nature and nurture
many possible courses
explains development by means of studying changes and survival behaviors .
is concerned with adaptive values in the cognitive emotional and social domains and how they change with age
b
benefit of structured observations in studying development
you can observe how people behave during certain situations
one limitation of structured observations and studying development
doesn’t explain the reasoning behind behaviors
example of operant conditioning explained by behaviorism to promote development in any domain
pavlov’s dog
age graded
kid starts first grade at six years old Emily and her family were living during the Holocaust
Sarah was diagnosed with cancer
a
