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2. What is developmental psychology?

  • 'The process by which an organism grows and changes through its lifespan."
  • The understanding of child growth and maturation through observation and experiments.
  • The process by which a child grows and changes through its lifetime.
  • The understanding that humans are different from animals in how they grow and change through their lifespans.

3. Evolutionary developmental psychology argues that?

  • Genetic influences are much more powerful than environmental influences
  • Children are well adapted to formal schooling
  • The sex difference in physical aggression is seen as having adaptive value
  • All features of childhood prepare the way for adulthood

4. What is the final stage in Flavells stage theory of development?

  • 4. Behavioural and physical changes are coherent.
  • 4. When changes occur, they are rapid
  • 4. Stage transitions marked by other aspects of change
  • 4. Stages distinguished by qualitative changes

5. How does Violent Lyrics studies contradict the cathartic hypothesis?

  • Anderson et al found that violent lyrics triggered aggressive associations in words with previously ambiguous meaning.
  • Anderson et al found that ambiguous word pairs are related to violent lyrics.
  • Anderson et al found that violent lyrics calmed the individual listening.
  • Anderson et al found that non violent lyrics made listeners more aggressive.

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