Question

unit 3: development and learning exam percentage 15 - 26% 3.1 themes and methods in developmental psychology 3.2 physical development across the lifespan 3.4 cognitive development across the lifespan 3.5 communication and language development 3.6 social - emotional development across the lifespan 3.7 classical conditioning 3.8 operant conditioning 3.9 social, cognitive, and neurological factors in learning 3.1 themes and methods in developmental psychology continuous and discontinuous development developmental psychology nature and nurture cross sectional study lifespan development stability and change longitudinal study 1. research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period. _____________ 2. a study in which people of different ages are compared with one another. ___________ 3. how our genetic inheritance interacts with our experiences and upbringing. ___________ 4. a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span. ___________ 5. the scientific debate over whether developmental change is gradual or relatively abrupt. ___________ 6. a general perspective emphasizing (a) that human development is a lifelong process of change from conception to death; (b) that developmental change is multidimensional and multidirectional, involving both growth and decline in one’s performance (e.g., of cognitive tasks); and (c) that there is plasticity in human behavior throughout the entire lifespan. ___________ 7. in developmental psychology, the ongoing debate about whether people largely stay the same or significantly transform as they age. _____________ nature vs nurture debate nature: our genetics determine our behavior. our personality traits and abilities are in our “nature.” nurture: our environment, upbringing, and life experiences determine our behavior. we are “nurtured” to behave in certain ways.

Explanation:

1. Matches the definition of a longitudinal study, which tracks the same group over time.
2. Matches the definition of a cross-sectional study, which compares different age groups at one time.
3. Describes the core of the nature and nurture interaction.
4. Is the formal definition of developmental psychology.
5. Refers to the debate between continuous (gradual) and discontinuous (abrupt) development.
6. Defines the key principles of lifespan development.
7. Is the stability and change debate in developmental psychology.

Answer:

1. longitudinal study
2. cross sectional study
3. nature and nurture
4. developmental psychology
5. continuous and discontinuous development
6. lifespan development
7. stability and change