Development - correct answer systematic changes and continuities in the individual that occur between conception and death
Systematic changes occur in
... [Show More] three broad areas - correct answer 1. physical development
2. cognitive development
3. psychosocial development
4 Theories of how humans grow and develop - correct answer 1. leaning
2. cognitive
3. psychoanalytic
4. humanistic
6 Ways human growth and development changes can be viewed - correct answer 1. qualitative vs. quantitative
2. continuous vs. discontinuous
3. mechanic vs. organismic
Qualitative - correct answer change in structure or organization (i.e. sexual development)
Quanitiative - correct answer change in number, degree or frequency (i.e. intellectual development)
Continuous - correct answer changes are sequential and cannot be separated easily (i.e. personality development)
Discontinuous - correct answer certain changes in abilities or behaviors can be separated from others which argues for stages of development (i.e. language development)
Mechanistic - correct answer this is the reduction of all behavior to common elements (i.e. instinctual, reflexive behavior)
Organismic - correct answer because of new stages, there is change or discontinuity; it is more than Stimulus-Response
the organism is involved including the use of cognition (i.e. moral/ethical development)
Self-concept - correct answer your perception of your qualities, attributes, and traits
Self-concept for infants at birth - correct answer no sense of self
Self-concept by 24 months - correct answer infants show signs of self-recognition; they can identify social categories they are in such as age and gender; they exhibit various temperments
Self-concept of pre-school child - correct answer very concrete and physical (by 8 they can describe inner qualities
Self-concept by adolescence - correct answer more abstract and psychological (stabilization of self concept attributes continues; cultural and family factors influence the development of attributes and some traits)
7 Developmental concepts - correct answer 1. nature
2. nurture
3. genotype
4. phenotype
5. tabula rasa
6. plasticity
7. resiliency [Show Less]