Study of Human Development (Reviewer)
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In which decade was Victor of Aveyron discovered?
Victor was around what age?
Victor was found wondering in the woods near Aveyron, ______.
Victor had abundance of _______ which implied that he was exposed to elements since
young.
Due to years of isolation, Victor developed a remarkable form of ______________.
Victor perked up immediately at the cracking of _______, one of his favorites.
Consultant to a school for the deaf who believed the possibility to teach Victor language
Victor died at age __.
Victor’s “yaya”
10-12. three French words Victor learned to speak:
13-15. translation of 10-12 in English
16. Victor did much better in recognizing ______ and ________.
17. General implication of Victor’s case
18-20. three principles of learning that Itard used
21. Who discovered the Bobo doll experiment?
22. the principle of learning Itard used that was associated with no. 21
23. Who discovered the Classical Conditioning?
24. learning through association where two stimuli are linked together to produce a new
learned response in a person or animal
25. Who discovered the principle of learning that Itard used and is associated with rewards
and punishments?
26. Who proposed a critical period for language acquisition in 1967?
27. What period did no. 26 mentioned?
28-29. When was Genie offered the opportunity for a test of no. 26’s hypothesis? How old
was Genie that time?
30. When found, Genie recognized only her name and the word “______”.
31. General implication of Genie’s case
31. As discipline, developmental psychology arose shortly in the late ____ century.
32-34. During the early years, developmental psychology was primarily concerned with
_____ and __________ development. It began as a ______________ science focusing on
observation and not on experimentation.
35. scientific study of the processes of human development from conception to old age
36. professionals who study the process of human development from conception to old age
(and changes)
37-42. Who created the first baby biography? When was it created? He observed his sons
behavior in terms of __________, _________, _________, _________.
43. father of evolution
44-45. no. 43 tried to journal the development of his first child
___________________________ during his first ___ months.
45-47. Darwin’s focus of journaling
48. father of American Developmental Psychology
49. theory of no. 48
50. No. 48 published the first journal of developmental psychology, ________________.
51. No. 50 was later renamed the _____________________.
52. title of the popular book that revived an archaic word and offered a theory of
development broader than the title suggested
53-56. four other developments in the study of human development
57-60. four goals of scientific study of human development
61. branch of psychology that, according to Baltes (1987), studies the human lifespan which
involves the examination of both ‘constancy and change’ in human behavior across the
entire lifespan, that is, from conception to death
62. pattern of change over time which begins in conception and continues throughout the
lifespan
63. No. 62 is also a progressive series of changes that occur “_________________” towards
the goal of maturity.
64. three major domains of development
65-67. All people have the potential to _________, ____________, ____________.
68-69. two developmental processes
70. involves “growth and development”
71. type of no. 70 which is in number of amount and experiences the three major domains
72. example of no. 71
73. No. 71 involves ______ in nature.
74. type of no. 70 which is in terms of organismic nature such as discontinuous changes in
kind, structure, or organization in the three domains
75. No. 74 involves _______________ in nature.
76-79. four major types of chages
80. stimulation of the bottom of the foot
81. example of acquisition of new features for males
82. constancy of personality traits and behavior present during infancy, endure throughout
the lifespan
83-84. two factors of development
85. aspect of development that connotes modification of behavior that results from
“practice and experience”
86. biological program or process of change in any part and function of an organism
87-88. two rates of development
89. development observed during the prenatal to babyhood period
90. No. 89 has an exception of two weeks of “________ stage”.
91. development observed during six year-old to adolescence
92. period when the rate of development is accelerated.
93. period when the rate of development is stable
94. periods when the rate of development is slow
95-98. four implications of the rates of development
99-101. three important terms and concepts in the periods of lifespan
102. capture the concept of development, a lifelong process beginning at conception and
ending in death that can be studied scientifically (throughout life)
103. nature of reality based on societally shared subjective perceptions or assumptions
104. Division of the lifespan is based on ____.
105. expectations that arise during a defined period of time
106. example of no. 105
106. interval of prenatal period
107. interval of infancy period
108. interval of babyhood
109. interval of early childhood
110. interval of late childhood
111. interval of adolescence
112. interval of young adulthood
113. interval of middle adulthood
114. interval of late adulthood
115-118. four influences of development
119. inborn traits and characteristics inherited from biological parents at conception
120. totality of nonhereditary, or experiential, influences on development
121. biological process and ascribe to heredity; unfolding of a natural sequence of physical
and behavioral changes
122. kinship and household unit made up of one or two parents and their natural, adopted
or stepchildren
123. kinship network of parents, children and other relatives
124. three major contextual influences
125. status that limits family’s choices
126-130. factors associated with socioeconomic status
131. society’s or group’s total way of life including custom, tradition, belief, values,
language, physical products from tools to artworks
132. consists of people united by ancestry, religion, language, and/or national origin, which
contribute to a sense of shared identity and attitudes, beliefs, and values
133. biological category of the division of humans
134. events experienced in a similar way by most people in a group; fairly predictable
135. example of no. 134
136. events highly similar for people in a particular age group
137. significant events that shape the behavior and attitudes of a historical generation
138. example of no. 137
139. group of people strongly influenced by a major historical event during their formative
period
140. group of people born at about the same time
141. characteristic of an unusual event that happens to a particular person or a typical
event that happens at an unusual time of life
142. example of no. 141
143. instinctive form of learning in which during a critical period in early development, a
young animal forms an attachment to the first moving object it sees, usually the mother
144. In 1957, who was the Austrian zoologist who regarded no. 143 as the result of
predisposition toward learnings: readiness of an organism’s nervous system to acquire
certain information during a brief critical period in early life
145. specific time when a given event or its absence has a specific impact on development;
not absolutely fixed
146. example of no. 145
147. range of modifiability of performance
148. times in development when a person is especially responsive to certain kind of
experiences
149. A new study suggests that seeking out dangerous activities may be influenced by our
_____.
150. As example of no. 149, mutation in no. 149 that code for __________ appears to be
related to risk-taking behaviors.
151. Who, together with his colleagues, identified seven key principles of a lifespan
developmental approach that sum up many of the concepts discussed?
152-157. six key principles of lifespan developmental approach
158. ability of humans and other sighted animals to see objects as having volume and to see
the relative position of objects in a three-dimensional environment