FLHD 1500 EXAM 1 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Social Referencing - ANS means seeking emotional information from other people . A
reassuring glace, a string of cautionary words, a facial expression of alarm, pleasure, or dismay-
those are social references.
Stranger wariness - ANS fear of unfamiliar people, especially when they quickly move close.
Separation Anxiety - ANS clinging and crying when a comforting caregiver is about to leave.
Some separation anxiety is typical at age1, intensifies by age 2, and usually subsides.
Purpose of Theories in Human Development - ANS Psychoanalytic, Behavioroism (learning
theory), Coginitve. Understand the reason people change and develop.
What is the scientifc method and what are the steps? - ANS The five step procedure used to
answer questions about empirical research and data based conclusions.
1. Curiosity
2. Develop hypothesis
3. Test Hypothesis
4. Draw conclusions
5. Report results
Positive reinforcement - ANS Something is added to increase the likelihood of a behvior
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, Negative reinforcement - ANS something is removed to increase the likelihood of a behavior
Behaviorism - ANS A theory of human development that studies observable actions.
Behaviorism is also called learning theory because it describes how people learn to do what
they do.
Classical conditioning - ANS (respondent conditioning): When a living creature learns to
associate a neutral stimulus (i.e. the sound) with a meaningful stimulus (i.e. the food), gradually
reacting to the neutral stimulus in the same way as to the meaningful one.
Social learning theory - ANS A theory that emphasizes the influence of other people. Even
without reinforcement, please learn via role models. (also called observational learning). Many
learn things through observation and imitation of other people (modeling)
Postpartum depression - ANS A new mother's feelings of inadequacy and sadness in the days
and weeks after giving birth
New born sleep - ANS Newborns sleep about 15 - 17 hours a day. Typically in 1 to 3 hours
segments.
It's normal for sleep time to decrease over time.
Every week brings a few more waking minutes.
By 12 months, the norm is 12 - 13 of sleep a day.
Sleep is important for brain development and strengthening the immune system.
Life span perspective - ANS An approach to the study of human development that includes
all phases, from birth to death.
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AND ANSWERS
Social Referencing - ANS means seeking emotional information from other people . A
reassuring glace, a string of cautionary words, a facial expression of alarm, pleasure, or dismay-
those are social references.
Stranger wariness - ANS fear of unfamiliar people, especially when they quickly move close.
Separation Anxiety - ANS clinging and crying when a comforting caregiver is about to leave.
Some separation anxiety is typical at age1, intensifies by age 2, and usually subsides.
Purpose of Theories in Human Development - ANS Psychoanalytic, Behavioroism (learning
theory), Coginitve. Understand the reason people change and develop.
What is the scientifc method and what are the steps? - ANS The five step procedure used to
answer questions about empirical research and data based conclusions.
1. Curiosity
2. Develop hypothesis
3. Test Hypothesis
4. Draw conclusions
5. Report results
Positive reinforcement - ANS Something is added to increase the likelihood of a behvior
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, Negative reinforcement - ANS something is removed to increase the likelihood of a behavior
Behaviorism - ANS A theory of human development that studies observable actions.
Behaviorism is also called learning theory because it describes how people learn to do what
they do.
Classical conditioning - ANS (respondent conditioning): When a living creature learns to
associate a neutral stimulus (i.e. the sound) with a meaningful stimulus (i.e. the food), gradually
reacting to the neutral stimulus in the same way as to the meaningful one.
Social learning theory - ANS A theory that emphasizes the influence of other people. Even
without reinforcement, please learn via role models. (also called observational learning). Many
learn things through observation and imitation of other people (modeling)
Postpartum depression - ANS A new mother's feelings of inadequacy and sadness in the days
and weeks after giving birth
New born sleep - ANS Newborns sleep about 15 - 17 hours a day. Typically in 1 to 3 hours
segments.
It's normal for sleep time to decrease over time.
Every week brings a few more waking minutes.
By 12 months, the norm is 12 - 13 of sleep a day.
Sleep is important for brain development and strengthening the immune system.
Life span perspective - ANS An approach to the study of human development that includes
all phases, from birth to death.
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