Dev Psych Overview

Question 1

distinctive features of human dev (4)

Answer 1

1. lifelong
2. multi-directional
3. multidisciplinary
4. multidimensional

Question 2

multi-directional

Answer 2

development/change can be good, bad, improvement, regression

Question 3

multidimensional (4)

Answer 3

biological
social
emotional
cognitive/moral

Question 4

2 major controversies of dev psych

Answer 4

1. nature vs. nurture

2. continuity vs. discontinuity

Question 5

continuity

Answer 5

idea that development is continuous (current thinking)

Question 6

discontinuity

Answer 6

idea that development occurs in distinct stages