Portage Learning PSYC 140 (PSYC140) Developmental Lifespan Psychology FINAL Exam Latest 2024 Which of the following is a research question that a developmental psychologist would probably NOT investigate? - ANSWER Can artificial intelligence process information the same way that humans process information?Match the correct definitions of nature and nurture. - ANSWER Nurture- Human processes are acquired through interactions with the environment.Nature- Human processes are innate; behavior is due to biological factors, such as genetic code.Which of the following theorists assume that development is a slow and gradual process? - ANSWER Vygotsky 1 / 3
______ proposed that each period of life has a unique challenge or crisis that the person who reaches it must face. - ANSWER Erikson Three-year-old Bobby has learned what he can and cannot control, and he has developed a sense of free will. Which psychosocial crisis has Bobby positively resolved? - ANSWER Autonomy vs. shame/doubt Albert Bandura argued that there is an interplay between the environment and the individual; we are not just the product of our surroundings, rather we
influence our surroundings. This is a concept known as: - ANSWER
Reciprocal determinism Six-year-old Lucy has developed the ability to see the world from other people's perspectives. Piaget would say that Lucy is in which stage of cognitive development? - ANSWER Preoperational Mrs. Abram, a kindergarten teacher, believes that her students not only have a set of abilities, but that they also have a set of potential abilities that can be realized if 2 / 3
she can offer the proper guidance. Mrs. Abram is most closely aligned with which theorist? - ANSWER Vygotsky Match each research design to its proper definition. - ANSWER Experimental Research- Research in which a researcher manipulates one or more variables to see their effects Descriptive Research- Research that describes what is occurring at a particular point in time Correlational Research- Research designed to discover relationships among variables and to allow the prediction of future events from present knowledge Which of the following is NOT an example of a type of descriptive - ANSWER Independent measures Cross-sectional research allows the researcher to look at the impact of having been born in a certain time-period. - ANSWER False
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