Chapter 1- Introduction To Lifespan Development Exam
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Lifespan development - correct answer field of study that examines patterns of growth,
change, and stability in behavior throughout the lifespan
The different focuses of lifespan development - correct answer biological processes,
genetic endowment, cognitive development, physical growth, and social development
Approaches of lifespan development (4) - correct answer personality development,
social development, physical development, and cognitive development
Physical development - correct answer examines the ways in which the body's makeup
helps determine behavior
Cognitive development - correct answer seeks to understand how growth and change
intellectual capabilities influence a person's behavior
Personality devlopment - correct answer the study of stability and change in the
enduring characteristics that differentiate one person from another over the life span
Social development - correct answer ways in which individuals' interactions with others
and their social relationships grow, change, and remain stable over the course of life
Age and range differences - correct answer prenatal period; infancy and toddlerhood;
middle childhood; adolescence; emerging adulthood; young adulthood; middle
adulthood; late adulthood
Prenatal period - correct answer conception to birth
Infancy and toddlerhood period - correct answer birth to age 3
Preschool period - correct answer ages 3 to 6
Middle childhood - correct answer ages 6 to 12
Adolescence - correct answer ages 12 to 20
Young adulthood - correct answer ages 20 to 40
Middle adulthood - correct answer ages 40 to 65
Late adulthood - correct answer ages 65 to death
, Cohort - correct answer group of people born at around the same time in the same
place
Influences on development - correct answer history-graded, age-graded, sociocultural-
graded, non-normative life event
History graded influences - correct answer biological and environmental influences
associated with particular historical moment...
Examples: 9/11
Age-graded influences - correct answer biological and environmental influences that are
similar for individuals in a particular age...
Examples: puberty, menopause, entering formal education
Sociocultural-graded influences - correct answer the social and cultural factors present
at a particular age group (*will be considerably different for children who are white and
affluent than for children who are members of a minority group and living in poverty*)
Non-normative life events - correct answer specific, atypical events that occur in a
person's life at a time when such events do not happen to most people
Example: child whose parent's died in automobile accident at age 6
Major issues in lifespan development - correct answer continuous change vs.
Discontinuous change...
Critical period vs. Sensitive period
Lifespan approach vs. Particular periods approach...
Nature vs. Nurture...
Continuous change - correct answer gradual development in which achievements at
one level build on those of previous levels; quantitative change
Discontinuous change - correct answer development that occurs in distinct steps or
stages; each stage brings about behavior that is qualitatively different from behavior at
earlier stages
Critical period - correct answer presence of certain kinds of environmental stimuli is
necessary for development to proceed normally
Critical period - correct answer absence of certain kinds of environmental influences is
likely to produce permanent, irreversible consequences
Sensitive period - correct answer a point in development when organisms are
particularly susceptible to certain environmental stimuli
Sensitive period - correct answer absence of particular environmental influences may
hinder development
Fully Solved #13
Lifespan development - correct answer field of study that examines patterns of growth,
change, and stability in behavior throughout the lifespan
The different focuses of lifespan development - correct answer biological processes,
genetic endowment, cognitive development, physical growth, and social development
Approaches of lifespan development (4) - correct answer personality development,
social development, physical development, and cognitive development
Physical development - correct answer examines the ways in which the body's makeup
helps determine behavior
Cognitive development - correct answer seeks to understand how growth and change
intellectual capabilities influence a person's behavior
Personality devlopment - correct answer the study of stability and change in the
enduring characteristics that differentiate one person from another over the life span
Social development - correct answer ways in which individuals' interactions with others
and their social relationships grow, change, and remain stable over the course of life
Age and range differences - correct answer prenatal period; infancy and toddlerhood;
middle childhood; adolescence; emerging adulthood; young adulthood; middle
adulthood; late adulthood
Prenatal period - correct answer conception to birth
Infancy and toddlerhood period - correct answer birth to age 3
Preschool period - correct answer ages 3 to 6
Middle childhood - correct answer ages 6 to 12
Adolescence - correct answer ages 12 to 20
Young adulthood - correct answer ages 20 to 40
Middle adulthood - correct answer ages 40 to 65
Late adulthood - correct answer ages 65 to death
, Cohort - correct answer group of people born at around the same time in the same
place
Influences on development - correct answer history-graded, age-graded, sociocultural-
graded, non-normative life event
History graded influences - correct answer biological and environmental influences
associated with particular historical moment...
Examples: 9/11
Age-graded influences - correct answer biological and environmental influences that are
similar for individuals in a particular age...
Examples: puberty, menopause, entering formal education
Sociocultural-graded influences - correct answer the social and cultural factors present
at a particular age group (*will be considerably different for children who are white and
affluent than for children who are members of a minority group and living in poverty*)
Non-normative life events - correct answer specific, atypical events that occur in a
person's life at a time when such events do not happen to most people
Example: child whose parent's died in automobile accident at age 6
Major issues in lifespan development - correct answer continuous change vs.
Discontinuous change...
Critical period vs. Sensitive period
Lifespan approach vs. Particular periods approach...
Nature vs. Nurture...
Continuous change - correct answer gradual development in which achievements at
one level build on those of previous levels; quantitative change
Discontinuous change - correct answer development that occurs in distinct steps or
stages; each stage brings about behavior that is qualitatively different from behavior at
earlier stages
Critical period - correct answer presence of certain kinds of environmental stimuli is
necessary for development to proceed normally
Critical period - correct answer absence of certain kinds of environmental influences is
likely to produce permanent, irreversible consequences
Sensitive period - correct answer a point in development when organisms are
particularly susceptible to certain environmental stimuli
Sensitive period - correct answer absence of particular environmental influences may
hinder development
