psych 290 quiz 1 ch 1-2 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers

psych 290 quiz 1 ch 1-2 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
domains of human development - CORRECT ANSWER -biosocial, cognitive, psychosocial



biosocial - CORRECT ANSWER -all changes within biological aspect of a person's growth and
change within body ex: genetics, nutrition



cognitive - CORRECT ANSWER -changes in mental processes/ thinking ex: judgement, mem, lang



psychosocial - CORRECT ANSWER -emotions, temperament, social skills infl by enviro



contours of human development - CORRECT ANSWER -multidirectional, multi contextual,
multicultural, plastic



multidirectional - CORRECT ANSWER -human dev has gains and losses at every stage



multicontextual - CORRECT ANSWER -many environments/contexts that shape dev, have impact
on how we change ex: trauma



multicultural - CORRECT ANSWER -all cultures surrounded by, come from ethnic group or
surroundings, pattern of behaviors passed down



plasticity - CORRECT ANSWER -we can be infl by our environment, not genetics



sensitive periods of development - CORRECT ANSWER -time when a certain type of development
is most likely, although it may still happen later with more difficulty