Developmental Psychology Quizs

Main focus of developmental psychology

• Examining how people change across the lifespan

• Studying the impact of genetics on behavior

• Analyzing the effects of social media on youth

• Investigating the role of culture in personality development

Intrinsic Motivation

• Engaging in a behavior because it is personally rewarding, not for some external reward.

• Engaging in a behavior to gain external rewards or recognition.

• Engaging in a behavior due to social pressure from peers.

• Engaging in a behavior to avoid negative consequences.

Major debate in developmental psychology

• Nature vs. nurture

• Cognitive development vs. social development

• Genetics vs. environment

• Learning vs. instinct

Example of negative reinforcement

• Giving candy for good grades

• Removing a chore for good behavior

• Taking away privileges for misbehavior

• Providing extra playtime for completing homework

Secure Base

• A concept in attachment theory where a child uses their caregiver as a base of security from which to explore the environment.

• A term used to describe a child's ability to form friendships.

• A psychological term for a child's fear of separation from their parents.

• A strategy for parents to discipline their children effectively.

In Bandura’s Bobo doll experiment, observational learning was demonstrated.

• Cognitive development

• Observational learning

• Classical conditioning

• Operant conditioning

Main task of young adulthood according to Erikson

• Intimacy

• Identity

• Generativity

• Integrity

Learning that occurs without reinforcement and is not demonstrated until there is incentive is called latent learning.

• Operant conditioning

• Classical conditioning

• Latent learning

• Observational learning

Positive punishment

• Adding an unpleasant stimulus to decrease behavior

• Removing a pleasant stimulus to decrease behavior

• Adding a pleasant stimulus to increase behavior

• Removing an unpleasant stimulus to increase behavior

Accommodation

• Changing an existing schema to fit new information in Piaget’s theory.

• Creating a new schema for new information in Piaget’s theory.

• Ignoring new information that doesn't fit existing schemas.

• Reinforcing existing schemas with new information.