PSY 203
Study Guide-Test 1
What is the view of children in the 19th century?
What did G. Stanley Hall identify and when?
What did President Roosevelt make mandatory in the 1930’s?
What is lifespan development?
Define nature vs. nurture.
What is the difference between normative transitions and non-normative transitions?
What is the age range for “young-old”? What is the age range for “old-old”?
Compare the life expectancy before the 20th century to today.
What are the 4 impacts of development? Describe each.
1.
2.
3.
4.
What is traditional behaviorism? Who is involved?
What are some of the revolutions in lifestyles in the late 20th century?
Conditioning=________________
What is operant conditioning?
Who is Albert Bandura? What did he believe?
Our perceptions about __________________ determine our ___________________.
Define theory.
What is self-efficacy? Why is it so important?
What is the difference between evocative forces and active forces?
Discuss John Bowlby’s main focus. Where did he derive his focus from? What type of psychologist is
he?
What do evolutionary psychologists focus on?
What is the cognitive developmental theory?
What is Psychoanalytic Theory?
What’s the primary difference between assimilation and accommodation?
Who is the father of lifespan development? What were his beliefs? How were they different from other
psychologists?
Fill in the chart.
Table 1.3
Age
Name of Stage
Description
Table 1.2
Life Stage
Table 1.5
Type
Table 1.4
Theory
Primary Task
Strategy
Commonly Used Ages
Nature vs. Nurture Emphasis and Ages of
Interest
Pluses and Problems
Representative Questions
Who is Urie Bronfenbrenner? What approach did he take?
What is the difference between cross-sectional and longitudinal testing?
What are the two standard research strategies?
1.
2.
What does plasticity mean?
Define Reflexes.
What is the significance of the cerebral cortex?
In regards to breast milk, what is recommended for infants and why?
Neurons are formed during___________________
After birth _______________________ occurs. Which means what?
What is myelination?
What is the difference between crying and colic?
What is under nutrition?
Define stunting. (and not in regards to cheerleading )
What is the difference between swaddling and kangaroo care?
Discuss a newborns sleep cycle. (they live the good life!)
What is the difference between SNAPS, WIC, and CACFP?
What does SIDS stand for? What is a cause? When is the peak risk zone? What can you do to reduce
risk?
What is bidirectitonal influences?
What do experts suggest to assist in this area?
What do newborns see? What do researches use to determine this?
Respond to the following stereotypes.
1.Co-sleeping makes a child less independent and mature.
2. Co-sleeping disrupts parents’ and children’s sleep.
3. Co-sleeping is dangerous because it can cause a baby to be smothered.
What is the traditional view of milestones?
What is the contemporary view?
What is Piaget’s influence on development?
Table 3.7
Age
Name of Stage
Description
Define each.
CephalocaudalProximodistalMass-to-specific-
What are repetitive action-oriented schemas?
What is the difference between primary circular reactions, secondary circular reactions, and tertiary
circular reactions?
Define information-processing.
What happens during the sensorimotor stage?
Define deferred imitation.
Means-end behavior.
Limitation in thinking: A-not-B error.
Table 3.10
Age
Language Characteristic
What is social cognition?
What is joint attention?
What is the difference between telegraphic speech and IDS?
What is Noam Chomsky’s concept?
What is the social-interactionist view?