Uic Nuel 250 Midterm Study Guide Questions And Correct Answers

According the 6 tenets of lifespan Perspective Development is: {Ans: • A life long process • Multidimensional & multidirectional • A process that shows plasticity • An interactive process • Contextual • A multidisciplinary field of study}Multidemensional Models {Ans: • Consider development to be the result of reciprocal relationships among causal elements at various "levels" of analysis • Describe many kinds of change: qualitative transformations, both great (stage-like) and small (e.g. qualitative strategy changes within a domain), as well as incremental change • Generally apply to all domains of development (and thus accommodate diverse theories)}At Risk {Ans: Implies individual has better to average chance of having outcome Risk factors: being born to parents with low economic status outcome: Impaired development}Concept of heritability (3 laws) {Ans: Heritability (h2) refers to the proportion of variation (individual differences) in some characteristic within a particular population that is attributable to genetic makeup. Scientists use twin and adoption studies to calculate heritability -High heritability DOES NOT MEAN: persons intelligence is determined by genes, or that environment has no effect on phenotype}Information processing perspective. What develops and at what pace? what causes this development? what did perspective provide? {Ans: focus: discrete