Chapter 1 - The Lifespan Perspective Exam Solved #17
The life-span perspective - correct answer examines how a person grows, develops,
and declines by taking multiple aspects and placing them in different frameworks for
understanding.
Characteristics of the life span - correct answer Development is Life long,
multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and multicontexual.
Development is Life long - correct answer Begins at conception and ends at death. No
age period dominates development.
Development is multidimensional - correct answer Biological dimensions, Cognitive
dimensions,
And Socioemotional dimensions.
Biological dimensions - correct answer Involve changes in the individual's physical
nature such as: Height,weight, and Hormonal changes in puberty.
Cognitive dimensions - correct answer Involve changes in the individual's thought,
intelligence, and language.
Socioemotional dimensions. - correct answer Involve changes in the individual's
relationships with other people, changes in emotions, and changes in personality.
Development is multidirectional - correct answer imply that change can be seen in terms
of both increase and decrease.
Development is Plastic - correct answer the degree to which a person characteristics
change or remain stable.
Development is multidisciplinary - correct answer the study of development takes place
among and across numerous academic and scientific fields for one common purpose.
For example, psychology, anthropology, neurology, education, and sociology, to name a
few.
Development is multicontextual - correct answer Changes that take place within certain
context or settings which includes families, schools, peer groups, churches, cities,
neighborhoods, universities etc.
Socioeconomic Status (SES) - correct answer is a measure of an individual's or family's
economic and social position based on education, income, and occupation.
Culture - correct answer The behaviour parterns, beliefs, and all other product of a
group that are passed down from generation to generation.
, Cross-cultural studies - correct answer Comparison of one culture with another culture.
Nature - correct answer Refers to organisms biological inheritence.
Nuture - correct answer Refers to environmental experiences.
Psychoanalytic theories - correct answer Theories that describe development as
primarily unconscious and heavily colored by emotions.
Development - correct answer Stimulation of the erogenous zones.
Erogenous zones - correct answer Focal point in which we desire pleasure. Examples,
mouth, lips, anus, penis and genitals.
Fixation - correct answer Developing an abnormal attachment or remaining stop at a
certain developmental stage.
Oral stage (birth-18 months) - correct answer Infants pleasure center on the mouth.
Example, breast feeding.
Anal stage (1 1/2-3years) - correct answer Potty training. Infant pleasure from explusion
and retention.
Phallic stage "Masturbation" (3-6years) - correct answer Child pleasure focuses on their
genitals.
Oedipal complex - correct answer Identification of the aggressor. Wants to be like the
father with the idea of his mother. See the father as a rival for his mother attention.
Electra complex - correct answer When the daughter is attached to the father and dont
want the father to be with no one else. She see her mother as a rival for her father
attention.
Latency stage - correct answer Child represses sexual interest and develop social and
intellectual skills.
Genital stage - correct answer A time of sexual reawakening; source of sexual pleasure
becomes someone outside the family. Involve with adolescence - genetal reoccurence
and Adulthood - love and work.
Fraudian Theory - correct answer Psychosexual theory that stresses about fixation and
conflict.
Erikson theory - correct answer Psychosocial theory that stresses about the crisis and
challeges from birth to death.
The life-span perspective - correct answer examines how a person grows, develops,
and declines by taking multiple aspects and placing them in different frameworks for
understanding.
Characteristics of the life span - correct answer Development is Life long,
multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and multicontexual.
Development is Life long - correct answer Begins at conception and ends at death. No
age period dominates development.
Development is multidimensional - correct answer Biological dimensions, Cognitive
dimensions,
And Socioemotional dimensions.
Biological dimensions - correct answer Involve changes in the individual's physical
nature such as: Height,weight, and Hormonal changes in puberty.
Cognitive dimensions - correct answer Involve changes in the individual's thought,
intelligence, and language.
Socioemotional dimensions. - correct answer Involve changes in the individual's
relationships with other people, changes in emotions, and changes in personality.
Development is multidirectional - correct answer imply that change can be seen in terms
of both increase and decrease.
Development is Plastic - correct answer the degree to which a person characteristics
change or remain stable.
Development is multidisciplinary - correct answer the study of development takes place
among and across numerous academic and scientific fields for one common purpose.
For example, psychology, anthropology, neurology, education, and sociology, to name a
few.
Development is multicontextual - correct answer Changes that take place within certain
context or settings which includes families, schools, peer groups, churches, cities,
neighborhoods, universities etc.
Socioeconomic Status (SES) - correct answer is a measure of an individual's or family's
economic and social position based on education, income, and occupation.
Culture - correct answer The behaviour parterns, beliefs, and all other product of a
group that are passed down from generation to generation.
, Cross-cultural studies - correct answer Comparison of one culture with another culture.
Nature - correct answer Refers to organisms biological inheritence.
Nuture - correct answer Refers to environmental experiences.
Psychoanalytic theories - correct answer Theories that describe development as
primarily unconscious and heavily colored by emotions.
Development - correct answer Stimulation of the erogenous zones.
Erogenous zones - correct answer Focal point in which we desire pleasure. Examples,
mouth, lips, anus, penis and genitals.
Fixation - correct answer Developing an abnormal attachment or remaining stop at a
certain developmental stage.
Oral stage (birth-18 months) - correct answer Infants pleasure center on the mouth.
Example, breast feeding.
Anal stage (1 1/2-3years) - correct answer Potty training. Infant pleasure from explusion
and retention.
Phallic stage "Masturbation" (3-6years) - correct answer Child pleasure focuses on their
genitals.
Oedipal complex - correct answer Identification of the aggressor. Wants to be like the
father with the idea of his mother. See the father as a rival for his mother attention.
Electra complex - correct answer When the daughter is attached to the father and dont
want the father to be with no one else. She see her mother as a rival for her father
attention.
Latency stage - correct answer Child represses sexual interest and develop social and
intellectual skills.
Genital stage - correct answer A time of sexual reawakening; source of sexual pleasure
becomes someone outside the family. Involve with adolescence - genetal reoccurence
and Adulthood - love and work.
Fraudian Theory - correct answer Psychosexual theory that stresses about fixation and
conflict.
Erikson theory - correct answer Psychosocial theory that stresses about the crisis and
challeges from birth to death.
