Chapter 1 PSY 278 Dr. Lewis

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Across
  1. 2. developmental changes that are biologically programmed by genes rather than caused primarily by learning, injury, illness, or some other life experience
  2. 4. in Bronfenbrenner's bioecological approach, interrelationships between microsystems or immediate environments
  3. 7. in Bronfenbrenner's bioecological approach, the immediate settings in which the person functions
  4. 11. the belief that one's own cultural or ethnic group is superior to others
  5. 17. a set of concepts and propositions designed to organize, describe, and explain a set of observations
  6. 19. events or conditions outside the person that are presumed to influence and be influenced by the individual
  7. 21. a group of people born at the same time
  8. 22. a relatively permanent change in behavior that results from a person's experiences or practice
Down
  1. 1. the transitional period between childhood and adulthood that begins with puberty and ends when the individual has acquired adult compentencies and responsibilities
  2. 3. the group of individuals chosen to be the sujects of a study
  3. 5. in Bronfenbrenner's bioecological approach, the system that captures the way changes in environmental systems, such as social trends and life events, are patterned over a person's lifetime
  4. 6. an openness of the brain cells to positive and negative environmental influence
  5. 7. in Bronfenbrenner's biological approach, the larger cultural or subcultural context of development
  6. 8. the study of aging and old age
  7. 9. to most developmentalists, positive, negative, and neutral changes in the mature organism
  8. 10. the brain's remarkable ability to change in response to experience throughout the life span, as when it recovers from injury or benefits from stimulating learning experiences
  9. 12. a theoretical prediction about what will hold true if we observe a phenomenon
  10. 13. a research strategy in which the investigator manipulates or alters some aspect of a person's environment to measure its effect on the individual's behavior or development
  11. 14. a well-defined group that a researcher who studies a sample of individuals is interested in drawing conclusions about
  12. 15. systematic changes in the individual occurring between conception and death
  13. 16. functional units of heredity made up of DNA and transmitted from generation to generation
  14. 18. a system of meanings shared by a population of people and transmitted from generation to the next
  15. 19. a person's classification in or affiliation with a group based on common heritage or traditions
  16. 20. in Bronfenbrenner's bioecological approach, settings not experienced directly by individuals still influence their development
  17. 23. the physical changes that occur from conception to maturity