Developmental Psychology

Question 1

The process of developing of being developed

Answer 1

Development

Question 2

Process of enlarging people’s freedom and opportunities improving their well-being. _________________ is about the real freedom ordinary people have to decide who to be, what to do, and how to live

Answer 2

Human Development

Question 3

scientific
approach which aims to explain growth,
change and consistency though the
lifespan.

Answer 3

Developmental Psychology

Question 4

The notion of childhood originates in the Western world and this is why the early
research derives from this location.

Answer 4

Child Mind

Question 5

He is credited with
conducting the first
systematic study of
developmental psychology

Answer 5

Charles Darwin

Question 6

A German Physiologist who
published a book entitled
“The Mind of a Child”

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Wilhelm Preyer

Question 7

is the process of change
that occurs in human beings throughout
development.

Answer 7

Developmental Changes

Question 8

is defined as the biological
changes that occur in the body and brain,
including changes in size and strength,
integration of sensory and motor activities, and
development of fine and gross motor skills.

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Physical Domain

Question 9

Defined as the changes in the way we think, understand and reason about the world

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Cognitive Domain

Question 10

the changes in the ways we connect to other people and express and understand emotions

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Social-Emotional Domain

Question 11

Children acquire the forms meanings and uses of words and utterances from the linguistic input.
They reproduce word they repetitively exposed to.

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Language Domain

Question 12

conception stage

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Prenatal Period

Question 13

The first year and a half to
two years of life are ones of
dramatic growth and change

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Infancy and Toddlerhood

Question 14

referred to as the
preschool years

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Early childhood

Question 15

The ages of six through eleven
comprise middle childhood and
much of what children
experience at this age is
connected to their involvement
in the early grades of school

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Middle childhood

Question 16

a period of
dramatic physical change
marked by an overall
physical growth spurt and
sexual maturation,

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Adolescence

Question 17

The twenties and thirties
are often thought of as

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Early Adulthood

Question 18

The late thirties through the
mid-sixties is referred to

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Middle adulthood

Question 19

spans the
time when we reach our midsixties.

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Late Adulthood

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Senescene

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Death and Dying

Question 21

> Views development as a cumulative process, gradually improving on existing class
there is gradual change

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Continous Development

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Development takes place in unique stages and that it occurs at specific time or ages

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Discontinous Development

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Early Foundations are critical

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Fact

Question 24

Maturation is more important than
learning in development

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Bluff

Question 25

Development follows a definite and predictable
pattern

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Fact

Question 26

It means that
development spreads over the body from head to
foot

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Cephalocaudal Law

Question 27

It means that development
spreads outward from the central axis of the
body to extremities

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Proximodistal Law

Question 28

All individuals are different

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Fact

Question 29

are significant because they are
responsible for individuality in personality makeup

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individual differences

Question 30

Only Selective phase of development has
characteristic behavior

Answer 30

Bluff

Question 31

Each Phase has certain __________
behaviours. The patterns are marked by periods
of equilibrium when individuals adapt easily to
environmental

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characteristic

Question 32

Each period is associated with certain developmental
such as physical, psychological and environmental
hazards. These hazards inevitably involve adjustment
problems.

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Each phase has hazards

Question 33

While most development occurs as a result of
maturation and environmental experiences, much can
be done to aid development so that it will reach its full
potential. Stimulation is especially effective at the time
when the ability is normally developing, though it is
important at all times.

Answer 33

Development is aided by stimulation

Question 34

An individual’s development is molded to conform to cultural
standards and norms, while changes in these standards affect
the developmental p

Answer 34

Development is affected by cultural changes

Question 35

Every stage has a certain societal expectation. The individual will
be successful in fulfilling those expectations only if she/he is
adhering to the rules and regulations of the family and society

Answer 35

Social expectation with every stage of development.

Question 36

Traditional beliefs about physical and psychological
characteristics affect the judgments of others as well as their
self-evaluation.

Answer 36

Traditional beliefs about people of all ages