Portage Lifespan development
1. Debate in whether our development is influenced more by our experiences or by
our biological parents or environment <Ans> Nature vs. nurture controversy
2. Eric Erikson, Social experiences through human deveopment <Ans> Psychosocial
Development
3. the name psychologists have given to the physical and cognitive changes that occur
throughout a person's life (Boyd & Bee, 2009). Also he way they stay the same
<Ans> Lifespan development
4. A continuous view is that development gradually occurs , while discontin- uous
view that development moves forward in discrete stages. <Ans> Continuity vs
Discontinuity
5. Nature <Ans> Genetic,biological
6. Nurture <Ans> Learned, influenced by others
7. Continuous <Ans> Gradual, stages blend together
8. Discontinuous <Ans> Discrete beginnings and endings, clear stage progression
9. Periods of Development <Ans> prenatal, infancy and toddlerhood, early childhood,
middle and late childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, late
adulthood
10. Ageing <Ans> The process of getting older
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, 11. Maturation <Ans> biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in be-
havior, relatively uninfluenced by experience.Can be physical, emotional and/or
cognitive
12. Sigmund Freud <Ans> Austrian neurologist known for his work on the
unconscious mind. Father of psychoanalysis.
13. Erik Erikson <Ans> 1902-1994; Field <Ans> neo-Freudian, humanistic;
Contributions <Ans> creat- ed an 8-stage theory to show how people evolve through the
life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting "Who
am I?"
14. Jean Piaget <Ans> Four stage theory of cognitive development <Ans> 1.
sensorimotor, 2. preoperational, 3. concrete operational, and 4. formal operational. He said
that the two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth-assimilation and
accomodation
15. Skinner <Ans> Behaviorism
16. Types of behaviorism <Ans> Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, Social
Learning
17. classical conditioning <Ans> a type of learning in which one learns to link two or
more stimuli and anticipate events
18. operant conditioning <Ans> a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if
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1. Debate in whether our development is influenced more by our experiences or by
our biological parents or environment <Ans> Nature vs. nurture controversy
2. Eric Erikson, Social experiences through human deveopment <Ans> Psychosocial
Development
3. the name psychologists have given to the physical and cognitive changes that occur
throughout a person's life (Boyd & Bee, 2009). Also he way they stay the same
<Ans> Lifespan development
4. A continuous view is that development gradually occurs , while discontin- uous
view that development moves forward in discrete stages. <Ans> Continuity vs
Discontinuity
5. Nature <Ans> Genetic,biological
6. Nurture <Ans> Learned, influenced by others
7. Continuous <Ans> Gradual, stages blend together
8. Discontinuous <Ans> Discrete beginnings and endings, clear stage progression
9. Periods of Development <Ans> prenatal, infancy and toddlerhood, early childhood,
middle and late childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, late
adulthood
10. Ageing <Ans> The process of getting older
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, 11. Maturation <Ans> biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in be-
havior, relatively uninfluenced by experience.Can be physical, emotional and/or
cognitive
12. Sigmund Freud <Ans> Austrian neurologist known for his work on the
unconscious mind. Father of psychoanalysis.
13. Erik Erikson <Ans> 1902-1994; Field <Ans> neo-Freudian, humanistic;
Contributions <Ans> creat- ed an 8-stage theory to show how people evolve through the
life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting "Who
am I?"
14. Jean Piaget <Ans> Four stage theory of cognitive development <Ans> 1.
sensorimotor, 2. preoperational, 3. concrete operational, and 4. formal operational. He said
that the two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth-assimilation and
accomodation
15. Skinner <Ans> Behaviorism
16. Types of behaviorism <Ans> Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, Social
Learning
17. classical conditioning <Ans> a type of learning in which one learns to link two or
more stimuli and anticipate events
18. operant conditioning <Ans> a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if
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