PSYC 222
Developmental Psychology II
Study guide for the Final Examination
Tuesday, June 7th ,16:30-19:30
Although it is strongly recommended that each student carefully review all of the
material in the PowerPoint presentations, mastery of the following material is essential in
order to perform reasonably well on the first mid-term examination. Specifically, each
student should be able to the following things.
Define the term “adolescence” and the psychologist G. Stanley Hall.
Recall patterns of maturation related to puberty (age at onset) for males and females.
Discriminate between primary and secondary sex characteristics for males/females.
Recall patterns of brain structure and cognitive functioning for adolescents, early
adults and middle adults.
5. Recall the common eating disorders that often emerge during adolescence.
6. Recall the two features of formal operational thought.
7. Recall gender differences in cognitive function among adolescents.
8. Recall Erikson’s stages of development.
9. Recall the 4 possible identity development outcomes according to Marcia.
10. Recall the developmental theory of moral development by L. Kohlberg.
11. Recall the vocational development stages proposed by Donald Super.
12. Recall the vocational development categories proposed by John Holland (RIASEC)
13. Recall the adult stages of development proposed by Daniel Levinson
14. Recall the components of Sternberg’s triangular theory of love.
15. Recall the most common reasons for divorce.
16. Recall general related differences in male and female career development patterns.
17. Recall the general patters of sexual behavior of couples in midlife.
18. Recall patterns of disease associated with middle adulthood.
19. Discriminate between fluid and crystallized intelligence.
20. Recall variables associated with lowered cognitive decline during midlife.
21. Recall patterns of sibling interaction during midlife.
22. Define the characteristics of the period called “late adulthood”.
23. Recall Erikson’s 8th stage of psychosocial development.
24. Recalls factors affecting longevity (gender and geographic/cultural).
25. Describe brain and neurological changes associated with old age.
26. Recall changes in cognitive functioning associate with late adulthood.
27. Recall Peck’s theory and the three tasks needed for ego integrity.
28. Recall the factors and characteristics of self-concept in old age.
29. Recall the basic ideas associated with disengagement theory.
30. Recall the basic concepts of socio-emotional selectivity theory.
31. Recall the various classifications of old age living conditions and their effects.
32. Recall patterns of aging and marital satisfaction.
33. Recall the types or forms of elder abuse as well as current trends.
34. Recall the stages of adjustment to retirement and factors affecting satisfaction.
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Recall the primary causes of mortality for different age groups.
Recall the three phases of death.
Recall how individuals of different ages perceive the concept of death.
Recall the stages of grief or loss as proposed by H. Kubler-Ross.
Identify services provided by hospice.
Identify and define the three stages of grief.
Recall the factors affecting grief and the response to death and loss.
Recall the two categories of dementia & the # of stages used to describe its progress.
Recall the various forms of memory.
Essential terms: The ability to define the following terms will significantly enhance your
ability to perform well on the mid-term.
Formal operations
Post formal thought
Social Clock
Climacteric
Osteoporosis
Androgyny
Optimal aging
Active euthanasia
Alzheimer’s Dementia
Elder abuse
Cerebro-vascular dementia
Associative memory
Emerging adult
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puberty
Holmes and Rahe scale
Egalitarian marriage
fluid intelligence
CVA (Stroke)
Burnout
assisted suicide
hospice concept
Reminiscence
Third Age
Implicit memory
Remote memory
Imaginary audience
Life Structure
Traditional marriage
Crystallized intelligence
Hypertension
Prospective memory
euthanasia
passive euthanasia
Aging in place
Activity theory
Explicit memory
Personal fable