UCF Developmental Psychology Ch 1 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES 2025/2026
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Human development - CORRECT ANSWERS Way people grow and change across the life
span; includes people's biological, cognitive, psychological, and social functioning.
Culture - CORRECT ANSWERS Total patron of a group's customs, beliefs, art technology.
Total fertility rate - CORRECT ANSWERS In a population the number of births per woman.
Developed countries - CORRECT ANSWERS World's most economically developed and
affluent countries, with the highest median levels of income and education.
Developing countries - CORRECT ANSWERS Countries that have lower levels of income
and education than developed countries but are experiencing rapid economic growth.
Individualistic - CORRECT ANSWERS Cultural values such as independence and set-
expression,
Collectivistic - CORRECT ANSWERS Cultural values such as obedience and group
harmony.
Traditional culture - CORRECT ANSWERS In developing countries, a rural culture that
adheres more closely to cultural traditions than people in urban areas do.
, Globalization - CORRECT ANSWERS Increasing connections between different parts of the
world in trade, travel, migration, and communication.
Majority culture - CORRECT ANSWERS Within a country, the cultural group that sets most
of the norms and standards and holds most of the positions of political, economic, intellectual. and
media power.
Contexts - CORRECT ANSWERS Settings and circumstances that contribute to variations
in pathways of human development, including SES, gender, and ethnicity, as well as family, school,
community, media, and culture.
Socioeconomic status (SES) - CORRECT ANSWERS Person's social class including
education level, income level and occupational status.
Ethnicity - CORRECT ANSWERS Group identity that may include components such as
cultural origin, cultural traditions, race, religion, and language.
Ontogenetic - CORRECT ANSWERS Characteristics pattern of individual development in a
species.
Phylogenetic - CORRECT ANSWERS Pertaining to the development of a species.
Natural selection - CORRECT ANSWERS Evolutionary process in which the offspring best
adapted to their environment survive to produce offspring of their own.
Hominid - CORRECT ANSWERS Evolutionary line that led to modern humans.
Homo sapiens - CORRECT ANSWERS Species of modern humans
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES 2025/2026
RATED A+
Human development - CORRECT ANSWERS Way people grow and change across the life
span; includes people's biological, cognitive, psychological, and social functioning.
Culture - CORRECT ANSWERS Total patron of a group's customs, beliefs, art technology.
Total fertility rate - CORRECT ANSWERS In a population the number of births per woman.
Developed countries - CORRECT ANSWERS World's most economically developed and
affluent countries, with the highest median levels of income and education.
Developing countries - CORRECT ANSWERS Countries that have lower levels of income
and education than developed countries but are experiencing rapid economic growth.
Individualistic - CORRECT ANSWERS Cultural values such as independence and set-
expression,
Collectivistic - CORRECT ANSWERS Cultural values such as obedience and group
harmony.
Traditional culture - CORRECT ANSWERS In developing countries, a rural culture that
adheres more closely to cultural traditions than people in urban areas do.
, Globalization - CORRECT ANSWERS Increasing connections between different parts of the
world in trade, travel, migration, and communication.
Majority culture - CORRECT ANSWERS Within a country, the cultural group that sets most
of the norms and standards and holds most of the positions of political, economic, intellectual. and
media power.
Contexts - CORRECT ANSWERS Settings and circumstances that contribute to variations
in pathways of human development, including SES, gender, and ethnicity, as well as family, school,
community, media, and culture.
Socioeconomic status (SES) - CORRECT ANSWERS Person's social class including
education level, income level and occupational status.
Ethnicity - CORRECT ANSWERS Group identity that may include components such as
cultural origin, cultural traditions, race, religion, and language.
Ontogenetic - CORRECT ANSWERS Characteristics pattern of individual development in a
species.
Phylogenetic - CORRECT ANSWERS Pertaining to the development of a species.
Natural selection - CORRECT ANSWERS Evolutionary process in which the offspring best
adapted to their environment survive to produce offspring of their own.
Hominid - CORRECT ANSWERS Evolutionary line that led to modern humans.
Homo sapiens - CORRECT ANSWERS Species of modern humans
