Psych Ch. 10 Review

the field in which psychologists study how people grow and change throughout the lifespan–from conception, through infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and until death.

• Growth psychology

• Longitudinal psychology

• Developmental psychology

• Life psychology

When researchers select a sample that includes people of different ages (rather than following individuals as they pass through those age groups). They then compare the participants in the different age groups is called the longitudinal research method

• True

• False

When researchers select a group of participants and then observe that same group for a long period of time, often years or decades is called a cross-sectional research method

• True

• False

Select all that apply: These are advantages for using the cross-sectional research method

• Less expensive

• Less risky

• Yields higher quality research

• Less time consuming

• Ability to observe and compare individuals over time

________ is the automatic and sequential process of development that results from genetic signals. (ex: babies crawl before they walk)

• Development

• Growth

• Maturation

• Critical Period

stage or point in development during which a person is best suited to learn a particular skill or behavior pattern is known as a ___________ __________

period or level in development process that is distinct from other levels is known as a(n):

• Stage

• Moment

• Point

• Glimpse

development that occurs gradually over time is known as:

• Constant development

• Cyclical development

• Ongoing development

• Continuous development

In Piaget's Stage Theory, this is the stage when Babies explore the world using their senses and motor activity, start to learn cause/effect, no object permanence.

• Formal Operational

• Preoperational

• Concrete Operational

• Sensorimotor

In Piaget's Stage Theory, this is the stage when Speech development, has object permanence, can’t understand conservation of matter.

• Difficult distinguishing fantasy from reality (cartoons are real people)

• Egocentric (can’t understand other’s pov; opposite of empathetic)

• Formal Operational

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Concrete Operational