Lifespan PsychologyVersión en línea Unit 1 Lifespan Psychology por Emily Lewis 1 Age related changes that occur from birth, throughout a person’s life, into and during old age. a Maturation b Lifespan development c Attachment d Proximity maintenance 2 Extends from about 40-65 years. a Young Adulthood b Adulthood c Middle Age d Adolescent 3 Belief that development involves distinct and separate stages, with different kinds of abilities occurring in each stage. a Discontinuous development b Continuous Development c Development d Sensitive period 4 Transmission of characteristics from biological parents to their offspring via genes at the time of conception. a Animism b Nature vs nurture c Abstract thinking d Heredity 5 Orderly and sequential developmental changes which occur in the nervous system and other bodily structures controlled by our genes. a Sensitive period b Maturation c Proximity maintenance d Conservation 6 Period of time when an individual is more responsive to certain influences from the environment. a Maturation b Sensitive period c Adulthood d Middle Adulthood 7 Debate about whether it is heredity or environment that determines how we are developed. a Heredity b Environment c Nature vs nurture d Twin studies 8 Involve research identical and non identical twins as particpants. a Attachment b Adoption Studies c Twin studies d Dizygotic twins 9 Tendency of infants to form an emotional bond to another person, usually their main caregiver. a Attachment b Proximity maintenance c Avoidant attachment d Animism 10 Needs to be present if a strong attachment is to form between an infant and caregiver. a Proximity maintenance b Avoidant attachment c Conservation d Characteristics of attachment formation 11 Infant desire to be near the person to whom it is attached. a Avoidant attachment b Attachment c Proximity maintenance d Preoperational stage 12 Behaviour that promotes closeness or contact with the person to whom they are attached. a Avoidant attachment b Discontinuous development c Maturation d Indicator of attachment 13 The infant does not seek closeness or contact with the caregiver and treats them much like a stranger. a Avoidant attachment b Secure attachment c Resistant attachment d Attachment 14 When children become increasingly able to internally represent events. a Sensorimotor stage b Preoperational stage c Concrete operational stage d Formal operational stage 15 Belief that everything which exists has some kind of consciousness or awareness a Conservation b Classification c Abstract thinking d Animism 16 Idea that an object does not change its weight, mass volume or area when the object changes its shape or appearance. a Classification b Conservation c Abstract thinking d Animism 17 Ability to organise information into categories based on common features that set them apart from other classes or groups. a Classification b Conservation c Abstract thinking d Attachment 18 Way of thinking that does not rely on being able to see or visualise things in order to understand concepts. a Conservation b Classification c Abstract thinking d Animism
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