PSY 221 EXAM 1 (LATEST UPDATE) REAL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS |100% CORRECT | ALREADY GRADED
A
Human development Ans✓✓✓The multidisciplinary study of how
people change and how they remain the same over time.
Nature vs. Nurture Ans✓✓✓The degree to which genetic or hereditary
influences and experiential or environmental influences determine
development
Continuity vs. Discontinuity Ans✓✓✓Whether a development
phenomenon represents a smooth progression in the life span or a series
of abrupt shifts.
Universal-context Specific Development Ans✓✓✓Concerns whether
there is one path of development or several
Biopsychosocial framework Ans✓✓✓A useful way to organize the
biological, psychological, and sociocultural forces on human
development
Biological forces Ans✓✓✓All genetic and health-related factors that
affect development
Psychological forces Ans✓✓✓Include all internal perceptual, cognitive,
emotional, and personality factors that affect development
,Sociocultural forces Ans✓✓✓Interpersonal, societal, cultural, and
ethnic factors that affect development
Life-cycle forces Ans✓✓✓Reflect differences in how the same event
affects people of different ages
To describe, explain, predict, and control behavior Ans✓✓✓Why do we
have theories?
-Psychodynamic theory
-Learning theory
-Cognitive theory
-Ecological and Systems Theory
-Life-span Perspectives Theories (scientific optimization with
compensation and the Life-course Perspective) Ans✓✓✓What are the 5
general perspectives that inform and guide research?
Freud Ans✓✓✓Who is responsible for the psychodynamic theory?
Psychodynamic theory Ans✓✓✓What theory says that development is
determined by how well people resolve conflicts?
,True Ans✓✓✓*(t/f)* Freud believed that personality emerges from
conflicts that children experience between what they want to do and
what society wants them to do.
Erik Erikson Ans✓✓✓Freud's psychodynamic theory led ______ to
develop the first comprehensive life-span view of development.
Interaction of an internal maturational plan and external societal
demands Ans✓✓✓Erik Erikson suggested that personality development
is determined by what?
Basic trust vs. mistrust; develop a sense that the world is safe
Ans✓✓✓According to Erik Erikson, what psychosocial stage is a child
in from birth until they are a year old? What challenges do they face?
Autonomy vs. Shame; realize that one is an independent person
Ans✓✓✓According to Erik Erikson, what psychosocial stage is a child
in from 1-3 years old? What challenges do they face?
Initiative vs. Guilt; Develop the ability to try new things and handle
failure Ans✓✓✓According to Erik Erikson, what psychosocial stage is
a child in from 3-6 years old? What challenges do they face?
Industry vs. Inferiority; Learn basic skills and work with others
Ans✓✓✓According to Erik Erikson, what psychosocial stage is a child
in from age 6 to adolescence? What challenges do they face?
, Identity vs. Identity Confusion; Develop a lasting, integrated sense of
self Ans✓✓✓According to Erik Erikson, what psychosocial stage is a
child in adolescence? What challenges do they face?
Intimacy vs. Isolation; Commit to another in a loving relationship
Ans✓✓✓According to Erik Erikson, what psychosocial stage is a child
in young adulthood? What challenges do they face?
Generativity vs. Stagnation; Contribute to younger people thru child
rearing/care/other work Ans✓✓✓According to Erik Erikson, what
psychosocial stage is a child in middle adulthood? What challenges do
they face?
Integrity vs. Despair; View one's life as satisfactory and worth living
Ans✓✓✓According to Erik Erikson, what psychosocial stage is a child
in late life? What challenges do they face?
Watson and Skinner Ans✓✓✓Who developed the idea of behaviorism?
Behaviorism Ans✓✓✓What concentrates on how learning influences a
person's behavior?
Operant conditioning Ans✓✓✓Part of behaviorism that says the
consequences of a behavior determine whether a behavior is repeated in
the future.
VERIFIED ANSWERS |100% CORRECT | ALREADY GRADED
A
Human development Ans✓✓✓The multidisciplinary study of how
people change and how they remain the same over time.
Nature vs. Nurture Ans✓✓✓The degree to which genetic or hereditary
influences and experiential or environmental influences determine
development
Continuity vs. Discontinuity Ans✓✓✓Whether a development
phenomenon represents a smooth progression in the life span or a series
of abrupt shifts.
Universal-context Specific Development Ans✓✓✓Concerns whether
there is one path of development or several
Biopsychosocial framework Ans✓✓✓A useful way to organize the
biological, psychological, and sociocultural forces on human
development
Biological forces Ans✓✓✓All genetic and health-related factors that
affect development
Psychological forces Ans✓✓✓Include all internal perceptual, cognitive,
emotional, and personality factors that affect development
,Sociocultural forces Ans✓✓✓Interpersonal, societal, cultural, and
ethnic factors that affect development
Life-cycle forces Ans✓✓✓Reflect differences in how the same event
affects people of different ages
To describe, explain, predict, and control behavior Ans✓✓✓Why do we
have theories?
-Psychodynamic theory
-Learning theory
-Cognitive theory
-Ecological and Systems Theory
-Life-span Perspectives Theories (scientific optimization with
compensation and the Life-course Perspective) Ans✓✓✓What are the 5
general perspectives that inform and guide research?
Freud Ans✓✓✓Who is responsible for the psychodynamic theory?
Psychodynamic theory Ans✓✓✓What theory says that development is
determined by how well people resolve conflicts?
,True Ans✓✓✓*(t/f)* Freud believed that personality emerges from
conflicts that children experience between what they want to do and
what society wants them to do.
Erik Erikson Ans✓✓✓Freud's psychodynamic theory led ______ to
develop the first comprehensive life-span view of development.
Interaction of an internal maturational plan and external societal
demands Ans✓✓✓Erik Erikson suggested that personality development
is determined by what?
Basic trust vs. mistrust; develop a sense that the world is safe
Ans✓✓✓According to Erik Erikson, what psychosocial stage is a child
in from birth until they are a year old? What challenges do they face?
Autonomy vs. Shame; realize that one is an independent person
Ans✓✓✓According to Erik Erikson, what psychosocial stage is a child
in from 1-3 years old? What challenges do they face?
Initiative vs. Guilt; Develop the ability to try new things and handle
failure Ans✓✓✓According to Erik Erikson, what psychosocial stage is
a child in from 3-6 years old? What challenges do they face?
Industry vs. Inferiority; Learn basic skills and work with others
Ans✓✓✓According to Erik Erikson, what psychosocial stage is a child
in from age 6 to adolescence? What challenges do they face?
, Identity vs. Identity Confusion; Develop a lasting, integrated sense of
self Ans✓✓✓According to Erik Erikson, what psychosocial stage is a
child in adolescence? What challenges do they face?
Intimacy vs. Isolation; Commit to another in a loving relationship
Ans✓✓✓According to Erik Erikson, what psychosocial stage is a child
in young adulthood? What challenges do they face?
Generativity vs. Stagnation; Contribute to younger people thru child
rearing/care/other work Ans✓✓✓According to Erik Erikson, what
psychosocial stage is a child in middle adulthood? What challenges do
they face?
Integrity vs. Despair; View one's life as satisfactory and worth living
Ans✓✓✓According to Erik Erikson, what psychosocial stage is a child
in late life? What challenges do they face?
Watson and Skinner Ans✓✓✓Who developed the idea of behaviorism?
Behaviorism Ans✓✓✓What concentrates on how learning influences a
person's behavior?
Operant conditioning Ans✓✓✓Part of behaviorism that says the
consequences of a behavior determine whether a behavior is repeated in
the future.
