MH & Psychology 3341/3350
Fall 2015 update
Exam #1 Study guide
Sigelman & Rider, 8th ed., Lifespan human Development
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Chapter 1 & 2
(Nature of Development)
3 domains of development: physical, cognitive, psychosocial/socioemotional (p. 4-5). How does your
textbook define aging (p. 4
and
p. 5) and how does this relate to Stability vs. Change?
What are the
periods of life listed in Table 1.1 (p. 5) and in text on p. 8?
What is an age-grade (p. 6)? List examples of
rites of passage (p. 6). What are age norms and social clocks (p. 7)? What is the average life expectancy
for someone born now? (p. 8) Define maturation (caused by genes) (p. 9) and learning (caused by
environmental influence) (p. 9). How does this relate to the nature/nurture issue? What are the 7 ‘key
assumptions’ about life-span development listed on p. 12-13? What are 3 goals of psychology (p. 10-
11)? (Describe, explain, optimize/influence.)
(No chronological stage/age info from the first day’s lecture on this test).
Developmental issues (p. 33-35; and Table 2.1, p. 35)
:
Nature/nurture (p. 9-10, and see also Table 1.2, p. 10, & p. 33), Continuity & Discontinuity, Activity vs
Passivity, Universality vs Context Specific.
Chapter 3
Biological Beginnings (Genetic foundations)
What is a gene & what does it code for? Define DNA, chromosome ), allele. How many
pairs
of
chromosomes do humans have (in regular body cells), how many total? What is a karyotype? List &
understand Darwin’s 3 main arguments. What are some sources of genetic variability? Define natural
selection mutation, genotype, phenotype,
meiosis
, mitosis, crossing over, dominant characteristic &
recessive characteristic (text & also Table 3.2, p 68) , incomplete dominance, co-dominance, carrier,
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