PSYCH 290 MIDTERM EXAM WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A
constructivist - ✔✔an individual accommodating and assimilating
information and then constructing new knowledge from their experience. A
person is accommodating information by paying attention and storing it
away in their memory for later use.
attributed to Jean Piaget
traditional - ✔✔The ___ approach to the study of development
emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescence (especially during
infancy), little or no change in adulthood, and decline in old age.
evolutionary - ✔✔In ____ theory, what matters is that individuals live long
enough to reproduce and pass on their characteristics
life-span approach - ✔✔The perspective that development is lifelong,
multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual;
involves growth, maintenance, and regulation; and is constructed through
biological, sociocultural, and individual factors working together.
, lifelong - ✔✔early adulthood is not the endpoint of development; rather, no
age period dominates development.
contextual - ✔✔_______ intelligence (practical intelligence/street smart):
ability to grasp real-life situation, figure out what's going on, ability to avoid
trouble, figure out how to get along with other, cope effectively with demand
of one's environment
multidimensional - ✔✔development is ____, some dimensions or
components of a dimension expand and others shrink.
normative age-graded - ✔✔These are influences that are similar for
individuals in a particular age group.
nonnormative age-graded - ✔✔Unusual occurrences that have a major
impact on an individual's life.
normative history-graded - ✔✔Influences that are common to people of a
particular generation because of historical circumstances.
cognitive - ✔✔Changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and
language.
biological - ✔✔Changes in an individual's physical nature.
socioemotional - ✔✔Changes in an individual's relationships with other
people, emotions, and personality.
ANSWERS GRADED A
constructivist - ✔✔an individual accommodating and assimilating
information and then constructing new knowledge from their experience. A
person is accommodating information by paying attention and storing it
away in their memory for later use.
attributed to Jean Piaget
traditional - ✔✔The ___ approach to the study of development
emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescence (especially during
infancy), little or no change in adulthood, and decline in old age.
evolutionary - ✔✔In ____ theory, what matters is that individuals live long
enough to reproduce and pass on their characteristics
life-span approach - ✔✔The perspective that development is lifelong,
multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual;
involves growth, maintenance, and regulation; and is constructed through
biological, sociocultural, and individual factors working together.
, lifelong - ✔✔early adulthood is not the endpoint of development; rather, no
age period dominates development.
contextual - ✔✔_______ intelligence (practical intelligence/street smart):
ability to grasp real-life situation, figure out what's going on, ability to avoid
trouble, figure out how to get along with other, cope effectively with demand
of one's environment
multidimensional - ✔✔development is ____, some dimensions or
components of a dimension expand and others shrink.
normative age-graded - ✔✔These are influences that are similar for
individuals in a particular age group.
nonnormative age-graded - ✔✔Unusual occurrences that have a major
impact on an individual's life.
normative history-graded - ✔✔Influences that are common to people of a
particular generation because of historical circumstances.
cognitive - ✔✔Changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and
language.
biological - ✔✔Changes in an individual's physical nature.
socioemotional - ✔✔Changes in an individual's relationships with other
people, emotions, and personality.
