Chapter 1 (Essentials of Lifespan
Development) Questions with Correct
Answers
Continuity-discontinuity Issue - ANSWERSFocuses on the extent to which development
involves gradual, cumulative change or distinct stages.
Cross-sectional Approach - ANSWERSA research strategy in which individuals of
different ages are compared simultaneously.
Development - ANSWERSPattern of movement or change that begins at conception
and continues through the human life span.
Ethology - ANSWERSStudy of behavior as it is strongly influenced by biology, tied to
evolution, and characterized by critical or sensitive periods.
Information-processing theory - ANSWERSEmphasizes that individuals manipulate
information, monitor it, and strategize about it.
Life-saving perspective - ANSWERSThe perspective thay development t is lifelong,
multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual; it involves
growth, maintenance, and regulation.
Longitudinal Approach - ANSWERSA research strategy in which the same individuals
are studied repeatedly over a period of time, usually several years or more.
Nature-nurture Isssue - ANSWERSRefers to the debate about whether development is
primarily influenced by what we are born with or by our environmental experiences as
we grow.
Psychoanalytic Theory - ANSWERSDescribes development as primarily unconscious
and heavily colored by emotion.
Social Cognitive Theory - ANSWERSEmphasizes behavior, environment, and cognition
as the key factors in development.
Traditional Approach to life-saving perspective - ANSWERSEmphasizes extensive
change from birth to adolescence, little to no change in adulthood, and decline in old
age.
, Life-saving approach to development - ANSWERSEmphasizes developmental change
throughout adulthood as well as childhood.
Human Life Span - ANSWERSBased on oldest age documented --122 yrs.
Life expectancy - ANSWERSAverage number of years that a person born in a particular
year can expect to live.
INCREASED By 30 years in the 20th century.
Life-saving perspective views development as? - ANSWERSLifelong
Multidimensional
Multidirectional
Plastic
Multidisciplinary
Contexual
Normative Age-graded Influences - ANSWERSSimilar for individuals In a particular age
group.
(Menopause)
Normative History-graded Influences - ANSWERSCommon to ppl of a particular
generation because of historical circumstances.
(9/11)
Non-normstive or Highly Individualized Life Events - ANSWERSAre personal and do not
happen to all people.
Contemporary concerns of life span development - ANSWERSHealth and Well Being
(Improve well being)
Parenting and Education
(Problems in US schools)
Sociocultural Contexts and Diversity
(Ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender)
Social policy - ANSWERSA govnt course of action designed to promote the welfare of
its citizens.
Developmental psychologists research effects of got policies and make suggestions to
improve got policies.
What are the 3 developmental processes? - ANSWERSBiological
Development) Questions with Correct
Answers
Continuity-discontinuity Issue - ANSWERSFocuses on the extent to which development
involves gradual, cumulative change or distinct stages.
Cross-sectional Approach - ANSWERSA research strategy in which individuals of
different ages are compared simultaneously.
Development - ANSWERSPattern of movement or change that begins at conception
and continues through the human life span.
Ethology - ANSWERSStudy of behavior as it is strongly influenced by biology, tied to
evolution, and characterized by critical or sensitive periods.
Information-processing theory - ANSWERSEmphasizes that individuals manipulate
information, monitor it, and strategize about it.
Life-saving perspective - ANSWERSThe perspective thay development t is lifelong,
multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual; it involves
growth, maintenance, and regulation.
Longitudinal Approach - ANSWERSA research strategy in which the same individuals
are studied repeatedly over a period of time, usually several years or more.
Nature-nurture Isssue - ANSWERSRefers to the debate about whether development is
primarily influenced by what we are born with or by our environmental experiences as
we grow.
Psychoanalytic Theory - ANSWERSDescribes development as primarily unconscious
and heavily colored by emotion.
Social Cognitive Theory - ANSWERSEmphasizes behavior, environment, and cognition
as the key factors in development.
Traditional Approach to life-saving perspective - ANSWERSEmphasizes extensive
change from birth to adolescence, little to no change in adulthood, and decline in old
age.
, Life-saving approach to development - ANSWERSEmphasizes developmental change
throughout adulthood as well as childhood.
Human Life Span - ANSWERSBased on oldest age documented --122 yrs.
Life expectancy - ANSWERSAverage number of years that a person born in a particular
year can expect to live.
INCREASED By 30 years in the 20th century.
Life-saving perspective views development as? - ANSWERSLifelong
Multidimensional
Multidirectional
Plastic
Multidisciplinary
Contexual
Normative Age-graded Influences - ANSWERSSimilar for individuals In a particular age
group.
(Menopause)
Normative History-graded Influences - ANSWERSCommon to ppl of a particular
generation because of historical circumstances.
(9/11)
Non-normstive or Highly Individualized Life Events - ANSWERSAre personal and do not
happen to all people.
Contemporary concerns of life span development - ANSWERSHealth and Well Being
(Improve well being)
Parenting and Education
(Problems in US schools)
Sociocultural Contexts and Diversity
(Ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender)
Social policy - ANSWERSA govnt course of action designed to promote the welfare of
its citizens.
Developmental psychologists research effects of got policies and make suggestions to
improve got policies.
What are the 3 developmental processes? - ANSWERSBiological
