Chapter 1

Question 1

Emphasis of biology of development

Answer 1

Biosocial Development

Question 2

How our thinking influences our development

Answer 2

Cognitive Development

Question 3

Our emotions and relationships with others

Answer 3

Psychosocial Development

Question 4

This model states that it all begins with the individual center of the circle.

Answer 4

Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model

Question 5

A child’s family is considered to be in their __.

Answer 5

Microsystem

Question 6

The school a child goes to is considered to be a ___.

Answer 6

Exosystem

Question 7

How does my mom get along with my best friend is an example of a ___.

Answer 7

Mesosystem

Question 8

Ideologies and attitudes in the culture the individual is a part of is called __.

Answer 8

Macrosystem

Question 9

Change over time, social and historical events like an outbreak of war is called __.

Answer 9

Chronosystems

Question 10

This helps us to try and make sense of the world around us. Statements of principles and generalizations. It helps us to understand how and why the change is happening.

Answer 10

A developmental Theory

Question 11

Curiosity, Hypothesis, Test, Conclusion, Report are the fives of what method?

Answer 11

Scientific Method

Question 12

Trying the study again is known as ____.

Answer 12

Replication

Question 13

Asking the question why are children aggressive when they see aggressive behavior when they see aggressive behavior is an example of ___.

Answer 13

Curiousity

Question 14

A specific prediction or expectation that can be tested is called ___.

Answer 14

Hypothesis

Question 15

When you design and conduct research to gather empirical empirical evidence is called ___.

Answer 15

Testing

Question 16

Sharing the data, conclusions, and alternative explanations is called ___.

Answer 16

Reporting

Question 17

Observing people in their natural habitat is called ___.

Answer 17

Naturalistic Observation

Question 18

As the value of one variable changes, the value of another variable changes is called ___.

Answer 18

Correlation

Question 19

True or false: Correlations show causation and establishes relationship.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

This involves doing something or manipulating to get results.

Answer 20

Experiments

Question 21

This refers to the influence of the genes that people inherit

Answer 21

Nature

Question 22

This refers to environmental influences, beginning with the health and diet of the embryo’s mother and continuing lifelong, including family, school, community, and society

Answer 22

Nurture

Question 23

Occupation, education, and neighborhood makes up your __.

Answer 23

Socioeconomic Status

Question 24

US young adults during world war II are examples of ___l

Answer 24

Cohort

Question 25

This affects how people think and behave and what they value, ignore, and punish. An example is race ___.

Answer 25

Social Construction

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Culture

Question 27

Fish might assume that any creature not surrounded by water is deprived, deficient, and soon dead. This is an example ___.

Answer 27

Difference-equals-deficit error

Question 28

These people share certain attributes, almost always including ancestral heritage and usually national origin, religion, and language is called ___.

Answer 28

Ethnic Group

Question 29

The idea that human development is ongoing and ever changing

Answer 29

Dynamic Systems

Question 30

The idea that some people are more vulnerable than others are to certain experiences, usually because of genetic differences is called ___.

Answer 30

Differential Sensitivity

Question 31

An animal performs some action and then a response occurs is called ___.

Answer 31

Operant Conditioning

Question 32

A process in which a person or animal learns to associate (neutral stimulus) a sound with (Meaningful stimulus) the food, gradually reacting to the neutral stimulus with the same behavior as to the meaningful one is called ___.

Answer 32

Classical Conditioning

Question 33

Needing food, food, water, warmth, and air

Answer 33

Physiological

Question 34

Feeling protected from injury and death

Answer 34

Safety

Question 35

Having loving friends, family, and a community

Answer 35

Love and belonging

Question 36

Being respected by the wider community as well as by oneself

Answer 36

Esteem

Question 37

Becoming truly oneself, fulfilling one’s unique potential

Answer 37

Self actualization

Question 38

This group gets no special treatment in an experiment.

Answer 38

Comparison/Control group

Question 39

Information is collected from a large number of people by interview, questionnaire, or some other means is called ___.

Answer 39

Survey

Question 40

This variable gets experimented

Answer 40

independent

Question 41

This is the effect of the experiment

Answer 41

Dependent

Question 42

An in depth study of one person is called ___.

Answer 42

Case study

Question 43

This is when groups of people of one age are compared with people of another age.

Answer 43

Cross sequential study

Question 44

Studying the same individuals over a period of time is called ___.

Answer 44

Longitudinal Study

Question 45

This is when groups of people of one age are compared with people of another age over a period of time.

Answer 45

Cross - sequential Study