Nature vs. Nurture

Question 1

Refers to genetic and biological factors that influence behavior and development. e.g. eye color, height, personality traits.

Answer 1

Nature

Question 2

Refers to environmental factors that influence behavior and development.

Answer 2

Nurture

Question 3

Refers to the view that development is gradual, continuous process.

Answer 3

Continuity

Question 4

refers to the view that development
occurs in a series of distinct stages.

Answer 4

Discontinuity

Question 5

• Children grasp experiences and this input molds them over
  time. (external)

Answer 5

Reactive Development

Question 6

• People create experiences and are motivated to learn about the world around them. (internal)

Answer 6

Active development

Question 7

Types of Model

Answer 7

Mechanistic Model, Organismic Model,

Question 8

Views human development as a series of predictable responses to stimuli.

Answer 8

Mechanistic Model

Question 9

This model sees people as active, growing organisms that set their own development in motion.

Answer 9

Organismic Model

Question 10

REFINEMENT AND EXTENSION OF EARLY SKILLS INTO LATER ABILITIES, ALLOWING ONE TO MAKE PREDICTIONS ABOUT FUTURE CHARACTERISTICS ON THE BASIS OF PAST PERFORMANCE.

Answer 10

Incremental Stages

Question 11

BELIEVED IN REACTIVE DEVELOPMENT, AS
WELL AS QUALITATIVE CHANGES OVER TIME

Answer 11

Psychoanalytic

Question 12

can be observed w/o predicting

Answer 12

Qualitative change

Question 13

slow and incremental improvement or growth in a measurable aspect of psychology.

Answer 13

Quantitative change

Question 14

Five Perspective on Human Development

Answer 14

Psychoanalytic, Learning, Cognitive, Contextual, Evolutionary/ sociobiological.