Syllabus & Course
What percent of your final grade is In-Class Participation?
15%
Emotions, relationships, identity, and personality belong to which domain of development?
Psychosocial
Freud's id operates on which principle?
The pleasure principle
John Locke believed babies are born a "blank slate." What's the Latin term?
Tabula rasa
Using S.O.F.I.A., where does fertilization usually happen?
The fallopian tube
Which book are both sections reading together this semester?
Afterlife by Julia Alvarez
Lifespan development studies how humans change and stay the same from when to when?
From conception to death
Who said: "The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others"?
Erik Erikson
According to Maslow, which needs must be met first?
Physiological needs (food, water, sleep, breathing)
Alcohol, nicotine, illicit drugs, and high maternal stress are all examples of what?
Teratogens
Instead of a traditional textbook, this course uses which digital courseware for its study plans?
LumenOne
A testable prediction, often written as an if-then statement, is called what?
A hypothesis
Angry at his boss all day, Jordan snaps at his partner the moment he gets home. Name the defense mechanism.
Displacement
Which theorist is known for the zone of proximal development and scaffolding?
Lev Vygotsky
Twins who come from one fertilized egg that splits into two are called what?
Monozygotic (identical) twins
True or false: Lab Reports are one of the grading categories in this course.
False. The categories are In-Class Participation, LumenOne Study Plan/Assignments, Literature Analysis/Book Assignments, and Quiz, Midterm, and Final Exam.
The debate over how much of development comes from genes versus environment is called what?
Nature vs. nurture
A teenager trying out different friend groups, styles, and beliefs is in which of Erikson's stages?
Identity vs. Role Confusion
A coach who stays supportive after a loss, not just a win, shows what Carl Rogers called what?
Unconditional positive regard
Someone with a Bb genotype has brown eyes. Their brown eyes are their what?
Phenotype
Your end-of-semester presentation applies lifespan concepts to what two things?
The book we read together and real-life contexts
Development that happens in distinct stages, like "leveling up" in a video game, is called what?
Discontinuity
Karl Popper criticized Freud's theory because it can explain any behavior and never be proven wrong. What is that called?
Unfalsifiable
A parent's stressful workplace affects the mood at home. In Bronfenbrenner's model, the workplace is part of the child's what?
Exosystem
Which prenatal period, weeks 3 to 8, is most sensitive to harm because the major organs are forming?
The embryonic period