Human Development as a Science (Chapter 1)

Question 1

Development

Answer 1

change and growth throughout life

Question 2

Quantitative change

Answer 2

Change in the amount of something

Question 3

Qualitative change

Answer 3

Significant shift in how a person thinks, acts, or feels as they grow

Question 4

Continuity

Answer 4

gradual, consistent change

Question 5

Stability

Answer 5

maintaining certain characteristics

Question 6

Domains of Development

Answer 6

Physical, cognitive, and psychological

Question 7

Physical Development

Answer 7

changes in body

Question 8

Cognitive Development

Answer 8

changes in mental processes

Question 9

Psychological Development

Answer 9

changes in emotions, personality, and social

Question 10

Influences on Development

Answer 10

Timing, contextual factors (immediate and broad), individual characteristics, and human heritage

Question 11

Development and Context

Answer 11

Influences a person’s experiences, opportunities, and interactions, which impact growth

Question 12

Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory

Answer 12

Environment impacts the development of a person
Multi-level: microsystem, mesosystem, ecosystem, macroosystem, chronosystem,

Question 13

Microsystem

Answer 13

the immediate environment in which a person directly interacts

Question 14

mesosystem

Answer 14

connections and interactions between different microsystems

Question 15

Exosystem

Answer 15

External settings that indirectly impact the individual (parent’s workplace)

Question 16

Macrosystem

Answer 16

Broader cultural beliefs, values, and societal norms that influence development

Question 17

Chronosystem

Answer 17

Dimension of time and how it influences development

Question 18

Critical periods

Answer 18

A specific time when a given event has a lasting impact on development

Question 19

Sensitive period

Answer 19

Times in development when a person is delicate to certain kinds of experience