PSY 357 Lifespan Development Study Guide

How humans develop and change over time a. Physically b. Cognitively c. Socially1. How humans develop and change over time a. Physically b. Cognitively c. Socially 2. Influences on development: a. Nature vs. Nurture 3. Maturation: biologically determined changes that follow an orderly sequence Developmental issues: 2 fields of thought 1. Stages or Continuous Change? a. Stages: development through discrete stepsthrough which everyone progressesin same sequence 2. Continuity: development issteady ...

G. Stanley Hall described adolescence as a A) time in which sexual impulses reawaken in the genital stage, triggering psychological conflict and volatile behavior B) period so turbulent that it resembled the era in which humans evolved from savages into civilized beings C) generally pleasant time of life in which the social environment is entirely responsible for the range of teenage experiences D) time when internal stresses and social expectations prompt moments of uncertainty, self-doubt, and...

G. Stanley Hall described adolescence as a A) time in which sexual impulses reawaken in the genital stage, triggering psychological conflict and volatile behavior B) period so turbulent that it resembled the era in which humans evolved from savages into civilized beings C) generally pleasant time of life in which the social environment is entirely responsible for the range of teenage experiences D) time when internal stresses and social expectations prompt moments of uncertainty, self-doubt, and...

How humans develop and change over time a. Physically b. Cognitively c. Socially1. How humans develop and change over time a. Physically b. Cognitively c. Socially 2. Influences on development: a. Nature vs. Nurture 3. Maturation: biologically determined changes that follow an orderly sequence Developmental issues: 2 fields of thought 1. Stages or Continuous Change? a. Stages: development through discrete stepsthrough which everyone progressesin same sequence 2. Continuity: development issteady ...