Upgrade to remove ads
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

dep psych u1

        Help!  

Question
Answer
adolescence   a developmental stage starting at puberty and ends in adulthood, ages 10-20  
🗑
puberty   releases hormones and matures sex organs and physical growth  
🗑
true or false - various developmental milestones are universal in timing. ie - beginning to learn language during their first year   true  
🗑
critical period   finite time spans specific experiences must occur for successful development  
🗑
what happens when necessary experiences during critical periods are unfulfilled   permanent impairments  
🗑
If cross-cultural research reveals that certain aspects of childhood physical development are the same and happen at the same ages in different countries, this would most likely be evidence for   the influence of nature on human development  
🗑
Social comparisons with schoolmates begin to influence Jesse's self-esteem. The changes described here best illustrate Jesse's development in the ________ domain of human development.   psychosocial  
🗑
main goal of studying adolescent psychology   describe, predict, and explain changes  
🗑
lifespan perspective   most widely accepted developmental approaches. development is lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, contextual, multidisciplinary  
🗑
This difference in ability involving the loss of speed but gain of caution best illustrates Baltes' principle that development is:   multidirectional  
🗑
Normative age-graded influences   biological and environmental factors that have a strong correlation with chronological age - puberty, menopause, beginning school, retiring  
🗑
Normative history-graded influences   identity and development influenced by experiencing historical events like the great depression, world war 2 or advancements in technology  
🗑
This is very common in recent years in South Africa, as many adults have died due to the AIDS/HIV epidemic, leaving their children to be raised by grandparents. According to Baltes' contextual paradigm, this best exemplifies:   normative history-graded influence  
🗑
a researcher is interested in the ability of a certain psychotherapy to reduce a client’s anxiety. what is a testable research hypothesis.   her hypothesis is that more psychotherapy sessions will be directly associated with increasingly lower ratings on a 10-point scale when the client self-reports feelings of anxiety  
🗑
Proponents of the early school of ________ psychology argue that our thoughts, feelings, and motive are unimportant in understanding human behavior and that only observable actions should be studied.   behaviorism  
🗑
What is true about psychoanalytical psychology?   understanding a person's unconscious or early childhood memories could help a person experiencing anxiety or depression  
🗑
which perspective sought to identify behavior as the result of our genetic inheritance from our ancestors and suggests that children developed over their lifetime much in the same way that a species evolved throughout time?   evolutionary  
🗑
psychodynamic approach   how our childhood has influenced our development  
🗑
id   our primal needs - sex, hunger, anger  
🗑
ego   our rational and reasonable personality  
🗑
superego   ethical personality  
🗑
Erikson proposed a ________ theory, which emphasized that society and culture influence and shape us.   psychosocial  
🗑
Erikson's theory differs from Freud's in that Erikson believed that development ________.   continues throughout the lifespan  
🗑
behavioral approach   development is observable behavior and outside stimuli in the environment  
🗑
suggests that the keys to understanding development are observable behavior and external stimuli in the environment   behavioral perspective  
🗑
A form of learning in which a voluntary response is strengthened or weakened by its association with positive or negative consequences is called ________.   operant conditioning  
🗑
A type of learning in which an organism responds in a particular way to a neutral stimulus that normally does not bring about that type of response is called ________.   classical conditioning  
🗑
social learning theory   social behavior is imitated when there are no negative consequences  
🗑
observational learning   copying/imitating behavior we see  
🗑
Emily’s mouth starts to water whenever she gets ready to eat fresh baked pizza. she noticed that she now salivates when she drives past her favorite pizza shop on the way to school even though she cannot see or smell the pizza from inside the car.   classsical conditioning  
🗑
Last week, little Jack got a bag of cookies from the cabinet and ate them all. When his mother found out, she didn’t let him watch television that evening as punishment. Jack thinks about having cookies, but decides that it is not a great idea.   operant conditioning  
🗑
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs   as long as our needs our met, we live a fulfilling life  
🗑
Mario’s family couldn’t afford enough food to feed their family and therefore, he regularly goes to school without any breakfast. Which level of need would best describe what is going on with Mario?   physiological  
🗑
schema   existing framework  
🗑
assimilation   match it with something known  
🗑
accommodation   expand the framework of knowledge  
🗑
scaffolding   guided participation  
🗑
zone of proximal development   child could learn cognitive skills within a certain range  
🗑
Erikson's theory that person negotiates biological and sociocultural influences as they move through eight stages of identity vs role confusion   Psychosocial theory  
🗑
Pavlov and Watson's theory that learning happens by the association of a response with a stimulus.   Classical conditioning  
🗑
A theory that seeks to identify the ways individuals take in, use, and store information (sometimes compared to a computer). It is based on the idea that humans process the information they receive, rather than merely respond to stimuli.   Information processing theory  
🗑
Bandura's theory that learning occurs in a social context; considering the relationship between the environment and a person's behavior. Learning can occur through observation.   Social cognitive theory  
🗑
A theory that seeks to identify behavior that is a result of our genetic inheritance from our ancestors.   Evolutionary psychology theory  
🗑
B.F. Skinner's theory that learning that occurs when a response is strengthened or weakened by its association with positive or negative consequences. Rewards and punishments can strengthen or discourage behaviors.   operant conditioning  
🗑
Freud's theory that behavior is motivated by inner forces, memories, and conflicts that are generally beyond people's awareness and control. Emphasizes the unconscious, defense mechanisms, and influences of the id, ego, and superego   Psychosexual theory  
🗑
Vygotsky's theory that emphasizes how cognitive development proceeds as a result of social interactions between members of a culture. Key terms and concepts include the zone of proximal development and scaffolding.   Sociocultural theory  
🗑
Urie Bronfenbrenner's theory stressing the importance of studying a child in the context of multiple environments, or ecological systems. microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, and chronosystem.   Bioecological systems model  
🗑
Emphasizes an individual’s inherent drive towards self-actualization and contend that people have a natural capacity to make decisions about their lives and control their own behavior.   humanistic theories  
🗑
Piaget's stage theory about how people come to gradually acquire, construct, and use knowledge and information. It describes cognitive development through four distinct stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete, and formal.   Theory of cognitive development  
🗑
microsystems   parent, siblings, close and direct relationships  
🗑
mesosystem   family, religion, large organizational structures  
🗑
exosystem   influenced by contex from community  
🗑
macrosystems   Technological trends, values, philosophy  
🗑
chronosystem   time it occurs  
🗑
deductive reasoning   tested against empirical world  
🗑
inductive reasoning   empirical observations lead to new ideas  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: be11e13