Lecture Notes on Human Development

Flashcards about human development

The framework is a method of organizing the biological, psychological, and sociocultural forces on human development.

Method of organizing the biological, psychological, and sociocultural forces on human development

is the capability to function in physical health, ego strength, and sensory perceptual, motor, and cognitive skills.

Capability to function in physical health, ego strength, and sensory perceptual, motor, and cognitive skills

are the cultures and subcultures in which the microsystem, mesosystem, and exosystem are embedded.

Cultures and subcultures in which the microsystem, mesosystem, and exosystem are embedded

are people and objects in an individual’s immediate environment.

People and objects in an individual’s immediate environment

The provides connections across microsystems.

Provides connections across microsystems

is an expression of the strength and direction of a relation between two variables.

Expression of the strength and direction of a relation between two variables

A is a research design investigating relationships between variables as they exist naturally in the world.

Research design investigating relationships between variables as they exist naturally in the world

A is a research design investigating developmental differences identified by testing individuals of different ages.

Research design investigating developmental differences identified by testing individuals of different ages

The is the behavior being observed in an experiment.

Behavior being observed in an experiment

is the level of demands put on an individual by external conditions.

Level of demands put on an individual by external conditions

The states that each psychosocial strength has its own period of particular importance.

Ideas that each psychosocial strength has its own period of particular importance

The is the environment that an individual may not experience firsthand but that still influences development.

Environment that an individual may not experience firsthand but that still influences development

An is a systematic method of manipulating the key factor(s) that the investigator believes causes a behavior.

Systematic method of manipulating the key factor(s) that the investigator believes causes a behavior

is the multidisciplinary study of how individuals change and how they remain the same over time.

Multidisciplinary study of how individuals change and how they remain the same over time

is the acquisition of knowledge and skill that occurs by simply watching how others behave.

Acquisition of knowledge and skill that occurs by simply watching how others behave

The is the factor being manipulated in an experiment.

Factor being manipulated in an experiment

is a model proposing that human cognition consists of mental hardware and mental software.

Model proposing that human cognition consists of mental hardware and mental software

The is the view that generations experience biological, psychological, and sociocultural development in their own historical contexts.

View that generations experience biological, psychological, and sociocultural development in their own historical contexts

The is the view that human development is determined by multiple aspects and frameworks.

View that human development is determined by multiple aspects and frameworks

A is a research design investigating the same individuals observed or tested repeatedly at different times.

Research design investigating the same individuals observed or tested repeatedly at different times

is a technique in which individuals are observed as they behave spontaneously in a real life situation.

Technique in which individuals are observed as they behave spontaneously in a real life situation

The addresses the degree to which genetic and environmental influences determine the individual's development.

Degree to which genetic and environmental influences determine the individual's development

proposes that development is determined by how the individual resolves conflicts at different ages.

Model proposing that development is determined by how the individual resolves conflicts at different ages

proposes the development is determined by staged from infancy to late adulthood.

Model proposing the development is determined by staged from infancy to late adulthood

is a negative consequence that decreases the likelihood of the behavior that it follows.

Negative consequence that decreases the likelihood of the behavior that it follows

is a consequence that increases the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated in the future.

Consequence that increases the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated in the future

is the extent to which a measure provides a consistent index of a characteristic.

Extent to which a measure provides a consistent index of a characteristic

A is a subset of the population.

Subset of the population

refers to an individual’s beliefs about their own abilities and talents.

Individual’s beliefs about their own abilities and talents

are an individual’s answer to question about the topic of interest.

Individual’s answer to question about the topic of interest

is the act of watching individuals in an experiment and carefully recording what they do or say.

Act of watching individuals in an experiment and carefully recording what they do or say

A is an organized set of ideas that is designed to explain development.

Organized set of ideas that is designed to explain development

is the extent to which a measure actually assesses what researchers believe it does.

Extent to which a measure actually assesses what researchers believe it does