EDP 301 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
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ANSWERS
\.What is not one of the five periods of development between conception and
adulthood? - ANSWERS✔-Puberty
\.What are the four fundamental issues concerning the process of development? -
ANSWERS✔-Sources of development, plasticity, continuity/discontinuity,
individual differences
\.What is not one of the four theories of development? - ANSWERS✔-Anatomical
theories
\.Sigmund Freud based his studies on: - ANSWERS✔-Psychosexual stages
\.The sources of development, nature refers to the individual's inherited biological
predispositions and nurture refers to ________________ ? - ANSWERS✔-the
influences on the individual of the social and cultural environment and of the
individual's experience
, \.Which of the grand theories promotes the basic idea that personality and
behavior are shaped by the individual's learning experiences? - ANSWERS✔-
Behaviorism
\.Which is NOT one of Piaget's stages of cognitive development? - ANSWERS✔-
Abstract thought
\.The Zone of Proximal Development is a contribution of which developmental
theorist? - ANSWERS✔-Vygotsky
\.Which of the following is NOT one of Erikson's psychosocial stages of
development? - ANSWERS✔-Honesty v. dishonesty
\.Which of the following is true about cultural tools? - ANSWERS✔-Material Tools
are cultural tools such as physical objects and observable patterns of behavior; like
family routines and social practices.
Symbolic Tools are cultural tools such as abstract knowledge, beliefs, and values.
\.Why would explicit instruction be considered the most complex way of inheriting
culture? - ANSWERS✔-It uses Symbolic Communication, where it's possible to
teach things not present in their immediate environments.
\.Which of the following information about Cumulative Cultural Evolution is true? -
ANSWERS✔-t is a dynamic process of cultural change that occurs when individuals
produce variations in material and cultural tools. There is support that smaller
COMPLETE WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
\.What is not one of the five periods of development between conception and
adulthood? - ANSWERS✔-Puberty
\.What are the four fundamental issues concerning the process of development? -
ANSWERS✔-Sources of development, plasticity, continuity/discontinuity,
individual differences
\.What is not one of the four theories of development? - ANSWERS✔-Anatomical
theories
\.Sigmund Freud based his studies on: - ANSWERS✔-Psychosexual stages
\.The sources of development, nature refers to the individual's inherited biological
predispositions and nurture refers to ________________ ? - ANSWERS✔-the
influences on the individual of the social and cultural environment and of the
individual's experience
, \.Which of the grand theories promotes the basic idea that personality and
behavior are shaped by the individual's learning experiences? - ANSWERS✔-
Behaviorism
\.Which is NOT one of Piaget's stages of cognitive development? - ANSWERS✔-
Abstract thought
\.The Zone of Proximal Development is a contribution of which developmental
theorist? - ANSWERS✔-Vygotsky
\.Which of the following is NOT one of Erikson's psychosocial stages of
development? - ANSWERS✔-Honesty v. dishonesty
\.Which of the following is true about cultural tools? - ANSWERS✔-Material Tools
are cultural tools such as physical objects and observable patterns of behavior; like
family routines and social practices.
Symbolic Tools are cultural tools such as abstract knowledge, beliefs, and values.
\.Why would explicit instruction be considered the most complex way of inheriting
culture? - ANSWERS✔-It uses Symbolic Communication, where it's possible to
teach things not present in their immediate environments.
\.Which of the following information about Cumulative Cultural Evolution is true? -
ANSWERS✔-t is a dynamic process of cultural change that occurs when individuals
produce variations in material and cultural tools. There is support that smaller
