Chapter 1

Question 1

Developmental psychology (science of human development)

Answer 1

Science that studies how and why people change

Question 2

Life-Span perspective

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View that developmental psychology incorporates all stages of life

Question 3

Domains

Answer 3

-Biosocial (physical)
-Cognitive (thought processes
-Psychosocial (social behavior and personality)

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Life span perspective developmental characteristics

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-Multidirectional
-Multicontextual
-Multicultural
-Multidisciplinary
-Plastic

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Multidirectional

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Development through life changes, ebbs and flows through the life span. It is never steady or consistent

Question 6

Multicontextual

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development comes from many contexts (physical surroundings, family,community etc)

Question 7

Ecological systems approach (Urie Bronfenbrenner)

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-perspective on human development that considers all the influences from various contexts.
-Microsystem
-Exosystem
-macrosystem
-chronosystem
-mesosystem

Question 8

Microsystem

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immediate social context that directly affect each person (family, peer group, work team)

Question 9

Exosystem

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Community institutions that affect the immediate contexts (churches, temples, schools, hospitals, courts)

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Macrosystem

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national or cultural policies that AFFECT the more immediate systems such as the effect of national economy on hospitals and schools or family

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Chronosystem

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Impact of historical conditions on development of people in that area

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Mesosystem

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Connection between one system or another such as parent-teacher conference and work place schedules

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Multicultural

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system of shared beliefs, conventions, norms, behaviors, expectations and symbolic representations that persist over time and prescribe social rules of conduct

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Socioeconomic status SES (social class)

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A persons position in society as determined by income, occupation, education, and place of residence.

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Cohort

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People born withing the same historical period and therefore move through life together.

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difference equals deficit error

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people who are unlike us (different) are inferior (deficit)

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social construct

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a concept created by a society such as race

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ethnic group

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People who’s ancestors were born in the same part of the world often sharing language, culture, and religion.

Question 19

Race

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-categorization based on inherited traits.
-Is no longer believed to be a valid biological concept but a social construct

Question 20

Intersectionality

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Various identities are combines
-SES
-Ethnicity
-Sexual orientation
-Gender Identity
-Nationality

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Multidisciplinary

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Multiple disciplines from all domains come together to give information

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Plasticity

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The concept that suggests abilities, personality, neurons, and so on are mold-able, not immutable.

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Differential susceptibility

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Sensitivity to any particular experience differs from one person to another because of particular genes or personal experiences

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Case study

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In-depth study of an individual or group

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Survey

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Information from a group oral or written

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Naturalistic Observation

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studying behavior in a normal setting
-Objective: Code Behaviors
-Unobtrusive: Subject unaware of observer

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Cross-sectional Research

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Compares groups who vary in age, but are the same in other aspects

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Longitudinal Research

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Compare the same individual over a period of time

Question 29

Cross-sequential Research

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Studying several groups of people of different ages (cross-sectional) and following them over the years (longitudinal)