PSYCH 250- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 15 pages long!)
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Development: the pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues through the human life span. Life-span perspective: views development as lifelong, mulita-dimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multi-displinary and contextual and as process of growth that involves maintenance and regulation of loss. Development consists of biological cognitive and socioemotional dimensions. Context exerts three types of influences: normative age-grade influences: are similar for individuals in a particular age group. A e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ts that do (cid:374)ot happen to all people and when they do occur they impact people differently. O(cid:272)ial poli(cid:272)y: is a go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:272)ourse of a(cid:272)tio(cid:374) desig(cid:374)ed to pro(cid:373)ote the (cid:449)elfare of it"s citizens. A culture: encompasses the behavior patterns, beliefs and all other products of a particular group of people that are passed on from generation to generation. Cross cultural studies: compare aspects of two or more cultures. Eth(cid:374)i(cid:272)ity: a perso(cid:374)"s (cid:272)ultural heritage, (cid:374)atio(cid:374)ality a(cid:374)d ra(cid:272)e, Biological processes: produce changes in an indi(cid:448)idual"s physi(cid:272)al (cid:374)ature.
