HSCO 502 Human Growth & Develop. Quiz 1
with Correct Answers
stages - ✔✔qualitative changes in thinking, feeling, and behaving that characterize specific periods of
development
3 personalities - ✔✔id, ego, superego
- id (biological self, fulfillment of physical needs)
- ego (seeks to meet bodily needs)
- superego (feeling of doing things)
Neuroplasticity - ✔✔changes in the brain that occur as a result of some practice or experience
prevention science - ✔✔designing and testing prevention/intervention techniques for promoting healthy
development
major structures of the brain - ✔✔hindbrain, midbrain, forebrain
Teratogens - ✔✔environmental agents that harm the embryo or fetus
- ex: alchold, tobacco
Piaget's Constructivist Theory - ✔✔theory in which cognitive development results from children's active
construction of reality, based on their experiences with the world (new stimulus and info)
assimilation - ✔✔children interpret new stimuli in ways that fit what they already know
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with Correct Answers
stages - ✔✔qualitative changes in thinking, feeling, and behaving that characterize specific periods of
development
3 personalities - ✔✔id, ego, superego
- id (biological self, fulfillment of physical needs)
- ego (seeks to meet bodily needs)
- superego (feeling of doing things)
Neuroplasticity - ✔✔changes in the brain that occur as a result of some practice or experience
prevention science - ✔✔designing and testing prevention/intervention techniques for promoting healthy
development
major structures of the brain - ✔✔hindbrain, midbrain, forebrain
Teratogens - ✔✔environmental agents that harm the embryo or fetus
- ex: alchold, tobacco
Piaget's Constructivist Theory - ✔✔theory in which cognitive development results from children's active
construction of reality, based on their experiences with the world (new stimulus and info)
assimilation - ✔✔children interpret new stimuli in ways that fit what they already know
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