LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔accommodation - ✔✔changes in existing ways of thinking in response to encounters
with new stimuli
✔✔information processing approach - ✔✔seek to identify the ways individuals take in,
use, and store information; behavior can be broken down into a series of steps
✔✔qualitative, quantitative (quiz question) - ✔✔Piaget's view that thinking undergoes
_______ advances as children age, information processing approaches assume
__________ advances
✔✔neo-Piagetian theory - ✔✔information processing approach that builds on Piaget's
research
✔✔neo-Piagetian theory - ✔✔cognitive development proceed quickly in certain areas
and more slowly in others; experience plays greater role in cognition
✔✔cognitive neuroscience approaches - ✔✔looks at cognitive development through the
lens of brain processes; associations between specific genes and wide range of
disorders are identified
, ✔✔cognitive neuroscience approaches - ✔✔considers internal, mental processes, but
focuses specifically on the neurological activity that underlies thinking, problem solving,
and other cognitive behavior
✔✔humanistic perspective - ✔✔contends that people have natural capacity to make
decisions about their lives and to control their behavior
✔✔humanistic perspective - ✔✔Carl Rogers; Abraham Maslow
✔✔humanistic perspective - ✔✔focus on person's ability and motivation to reach more
advanced levels; states people naturally seek to reach full potential
✔✔humanistic perspective - ✔✔free of supernaturalism; approach recognizes human
beings as a part of nature and holds values have their source in human experience and
culture
✔✔free - ✔✔(*humanistic perspective*)
ability of humans to make choices and come to decisions about their lives
✔✔positive self-regard - ✔✔(*humanistic perspective*)
results from a underlying wish to be loved and respected;
✔✔self-actualization - ✔✔(*humanistic perspective*)
state of self-fulfillment in which people achieve their highest potential in their own
unique way; primary goal of people
✔✔contextual perspective - ✔✔considers the relationship between individuals and their
physical, cognitive, personality and social worlds
✔✔bioecological approach - ✔✔suggests that five levels of the environment
simultaneously influences individuals; each level contains norms, roles, and rules
✔✔bioecological approach - ✔✔Bronfenbrenner
✔✔mircosystem - ✔✔(*bioecological approach*)
everyday, immediate environment in which children lead their daily lives...
examples: homes, caregivers, teachers
✔✔mesosystem - ✔✔(*bioecological approach*)
provides connections between the various aspects of the microsystem; acknowledges
direct and indirect influences...
example: bad day at work effects attitude at home
✔✔exosystem - ✔✔(*bioecological approach*)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔accommodation - ✔✔changes in existing ways of thinking in response to encounters
with new stimuli
✔✔information processing approach - ✔✔seek to identify the ways individuals take in,
use, and store information; behavior can be broken down into a series of steps
✔✔qualitative, quantitative (quiz question) - ✔✔Piaget's view that thinking undergoes
_______ advances as children age, information processing approaches assume
__________ advances
✔✔neo-Piagetian theory - ✔✔information processing approach that builds on Piaget's
research
✔✔neo-Piagetian theory - ✔✔cognitive development proceed quickly in certain areas
and more slowly in others; experience plays greater role in cognition
✔✔cognitive neuroscience approaches - ✔✔looks at cognitive development through the
lens of brain processes; associations between specific genes and wide range of
disorders are identified
, ✔✔cognitive neuroscience approaches - ✔✔considers internal, mental processes, but
focuses specifically on the neurological activity that underlies thinking, problem solving,
and other cognitive behavior
✔✔humanistic perspective - ✔✔contends that people have natural capacity to make
decisions about their lives and to control their behavior
✔✔humanistic perspective - ✔✔Carl Rogers; Abraham Maslow
✔✔humanistic perspective - ✔✔focus on person's ability and motivation to reach more
advanced levels; states people naturally seek to reach full potential
✔✔humanistic perspective - ✔✔free of supernaturalism; approach recognizes human
beings as a part of nature and holds values have their source in human experience and
culture
✔✔free - ✔✔(*humanistic perspective*)
ability of humans to make choices and come to decisions about their lives
✔✔positive self-regard - ✔✔(*humanistic perspective*)
results from a underlying wish to be loved and respected;
✔✔self-actualization - ✔✔(*humanistic perspective*)
state of self-fulfillment in which people achieve their highest potential in their own
unique way; primary goal of people
✔✔contextual perspective - ✔✔considers the relationship between individuals and their
physical, cognitive, personality and social worlds
✔✔bioecological approach - ✔✔suggests that five levels of the environment
simultaneously influences individuals; each level contains norms, roles, and rules
✔✔bioecological approach - ✔✔Bronfenbrenner
✔✔mircosystem - ✔✔(*bioecological approach*)
everyday, immediate environment in which children lead their daily lives...
examples: homes, caregivers, teachers
✔✔mesosystem - ✔✔(*bioecological approach*)
provides connections between the various aspects of the microsystem; acknowledges
direct and indirect influences...
example: bad day at work effects attitude at home
✔✔exosystem - ✔✔(*bioecological approach*)
