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LIFESPANDEV. CSU2015 EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Accommodation

Answer:

Describes when they change there schemata based on new information

Question 2: Nurture

Answer:

Our environment and culture

Question 3: physical development

Answer:

domain of lifespan development that examines growth and changes in the body and brain, the senses, motor skills, and health and wellness

Question 4: developmental milestone

Answer:

approximate ages at which children reach specific normative events

Question 5: schema

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(plural = schemata) concept (mental model) that is used to help us categorize and interpret information

Question 6: Nature

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Biology and genetics

Question 7: preoperational stage

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second stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development; from ages 2 to 7, children learn to use symbols and language but do not understand mental operations and often think illogically

Question 8: conservation

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idea that even if you change the appearance of something, it is still equal in size, volume, or number as long as nothing is added or removed

Question 9: cognitive development

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domain of lifespan development that examines learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity

Question 10: Discontinuous

Answer:

Development that takes place in unique stages

Question 11: reversibility

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principle that objects can be changed, but then returned back to their original form or condition

Question 12: egocentrism

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preoperational child's difficulty in taking the perspective of others

Question 13: concrete operational stage

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third stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development; from about 7 to 11 years old, children can think logically about real (concrete) events

Question 14: Schemata

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Concepts that are used to help us categorize and interpret information

Question 15: object permanence

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idea that even if something is out of sight, it still exists

Question 16: normative approach

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study of development using norms, or average ages, when most children reach specific developmental milestones

Question 17: Continuous Development

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Development as a cumulative process gradually improving on existing skills

Question 18: psychosexual development

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process proposed by Freud in which pleasure-seeking urges focus on different erogenous zones of the body as humans move through five stages of life

Question 19: formal operational stage

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final stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development; from age 11 and up, children are able to deal with abstract ideas and hypothetical situations

Question 20: Assimilation

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When you take information that is comparable to what they already know

Question 21: Psychosocial Development

Answer:

Theory that emphasizes the social nature of our develpoment rather than sexual nature