IB Psychology Topic 3.2 Human Development…

Context: Human development

Zara's teacher notes how Zara solves simple addition problems, such as 3 + 6, at several points during her first year at primary school, when she is five to six years old. Early in the year she usually counts out both numbers on her fingers and then counts all of them from one, taking a long time over each problem. Later in the year she sometimes starts from the larger number and counts on. By the end of the year she answers many problems quickly and correctly without counting, but on harder problems, or when she is tired, she sometimes goes back to counting on her fingers.

With reference to this scenario, how one continuous model of development could account for the changes in Zara's addition.

One claim in the psychology of human development is that psychologists act responsibly when they cause brief distress to infants in order to study attachment. this claim with reference to one or more strategies used to study attachment.

Context: Human development

A four-year-old cannot complete a jigsaw puzzle alone and gives up. While a parent sits with the child, gives hints about the edge pieces and the colours, and gradually steps back as the child manages more, the child finishes the puzzle. Later that week the child completes a similar puzzle without help.

With reference to this scenario, how one sociocultural factor can influence cognitive development.

Context: Human development

A team of developmental researchers recruited women halfway through their pregnancies. Each woman completed a questionnaire about how stressed she felt and gave saliva samples so that her cortisol levels could be measured. When the babies were a few months old, the researchers observed how each infant reacted to an unfamiliar toy and how long the infant took to settle afterwards. Infants whose mothers had reported higher stress and had higher cortisol levels during pregnancy showed, on average, stronger reactions to the new toy and took longer to calm down.

With reference to this study, how hormones may influence early development.

In the context of human development, whether moral development can be explained from a single perspective, with reference to one or more theories of moral development.

IB Psychology 3.2 Human Development Questionbank

IB Psychology 3.2 Human Development Questionbank

IB Psychology 3.2 Human Development Questionbank

IB Psychology 3.2 Human Development Questionbank

IB Psychology (First Exam 2027) Topic 3.2 Human Development Questionbank