Final exam - Developmental Psychology

What is a norm?

• behavior that deviates from the abnormal

• something that provides a framework for understanding why people change

• average or typical standard of behavior

• absolute truth

Explain the difference between a fact and a norm.

Who is responsible for developing a psychoanalytic psychosexual theory?

• Freud

• Piaget

• Erikson

• Maslow

Describe two major differences in Freud and Erikson's theories.

Humanism stresses the potential for all humans to do good and states that we all have the same basic needs.

• True

• False

____________ is most commonly associated with Humanism.

Pavlov's experiments demonstrated ________________.

• behaviorism

• operant conditioning

• modeling

• classical conditioning

Classical conditioning is when your brain makes associations between two stimuli.

• True

• False

What theory states that our thoughts shape our attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors?

• classical conditioning

• behaviorism

• psychoanalysis

• cognitive theory

Operant conditioning involves learning though reinforcements and punishments.

• True

• False