Exam 1: The Beginning: the Science of Human Development

_____ emphasizes unconscious drives and early experiences, whereas _____ emphasizes learning by understanding how a person thinks.

The different domains of human development are _____, cognitive, and psychosocial.

According to Abraham Maslow, all people _____.

Sally has a dog at home, so she knows about dogs. As she walks down the street, she sees an animal coming toward her. The animal has four legs, fur, a tail, and is barking. Sally knows that these are characteristics of a dog, given her knowledge of dogs. She quickly concludes that this animal is a dog. This example illustrates the Piagetian concept of _____.

Within the context of Bronfenbrenner's ecological-systems approach, a person's immediate surroundings, such as family or peer group, are part of the microsystem.

The foundation of psychoanalytic theory is the idea that _____ drives and motives underlie human behavior.

What is a developmental theory? Identify the three things discussed in the text that a theory can do.

The idea that people vary in how sensitive they are to particular experiences is called _____.

If Dr. Hall conducts a study in the exact same way that Dr. Jeeves did but uses different participants than Dr. Jeeves does, Dr. Hall is demonstrating replication.

Define cohort, explain its effects, and give an example of one.

Which of these is the sequential order of Piaget's four stages of cognitive development?

A person's macrosystem includes _____.

The human tendency to assume that people unlike us are inferior is called the _____ error.

The final step of the scientific method is to _____.

The people in which group are DEFINITELY members of the same cohort?

According to social scientists, race is _____.

Maslow's hierarchy includes _____ levels of needs.

According to John B. Watson, psychologists should study observable behavior.

According to _____theory, every individual learns many things through the observation and imitation of other people.

High school classmates are part of the same _____.