PSYC 140 MODULE 1
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,Lifespan Development Define - Answer: physical, social, cognitive, and emotional changes throughout
human life
Factors of lifespan development - Answer: 1. lifelong
2. multidirectional
3. multidisciplinary
4. multidimensional (biological, social, emotional, cognitive, moral)
Maturation: adults ____, while children ____ - Answer: age, grow
Nature - Answer: biological, genetic
people are BORN a specific way
Nurture - Answer: environmental, learned/influenced by others
people change based on surroundings - raising, human environment, etc
Continuous development - Answer: Various stages of development gradually flow into one another
Can be difficult to determine when one stage starts and another starts
Behaviorists
Discontinuous development - Answer: Developmental stages are distinct
One stage definitely ends before another begins
Stage theorists
Sigmund Freud - Answer: Psychosexual stages of development
, Proposed the id, ego, superego are what develop one's personality
Proposed 5 stages of development involving a conflict and fixation with an area of the body associated
with gratification/pleasure
Freud's 5 stages of development - Answer: 1. Oral stage: birth-18 months: relief from anxiety through
oral gratification of needs
2. Anal stage: 18 months-3yoa: learning independence and control, with focus on the excretory function
3. Phallic stage: 3-5yoa: identification with parent of same sex; development of sexual identity; focus on
genital organs
4. Latency stage: 5 years-puberty: sexuality is repressed; focus is on relationships with same-sex peers
5. Genital stage: puberty-adulthood: libido is reawakened as genital organs mature; focus is on
relationships with members of the opposite sex
Major periods of lifespan development - Answer: 1. prenatal development
2. infancy and toddlerhood
3. early childhood
4. middle childhood
5. adolescence
6. early adulthood
7. middle adulthood
8. late adulthood
Why is it important to study human development across lifespan? - Answer: Development is lifelong.
Developmental science has shown that major developmental changes continue to occur during
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
,Lifespan Development Define - Answer: physical, social, cognitive, and emotional changes throughout
human life
Factors of lifespan development - Answer: 1. lifelong
2. multidirectional
3. multidisciplinary
4. multidimensional (biological, social, emotional, cognitive, moral)
Maturation: adults ____, while children ____ - Answer: age, grow
Nature - Answer: biological, genetic
people are BORN a specific way
Nurture - Answer: environmental, learned/influenced by others
people change based on surroundings - raising, human environment, etc
Continuous development - Answer: Various stages of development gradually flow into one another
Can be difficult to determine when one stage starts and another starts
Behaviorists
Discontinuous development - Answer: Developmental stages are distinct
One stage definitely ends before another begins
Stage theorists
Sigmund Freud - Answer: Psychosexual stages of development
, Proposed the id, ego, superego are what develop one's personality
Proposed 5 stages of development involving a conflict and fixation with an area of the body associated
with gratification/pleasure
Freud's 5 stages of development - Answer: 1. Oral stage: birth-18 months: relief from anxiety through
oral gratification of needs
2. Anal stage: 18 months-3yoa: learning independence and control, with focus on the excretory function
3. Phallic stage: 3-5yoa: identification with parent of same sex; development of sexual identity; focus on
genital organs
4. Latency stage: 5 years-puberty: sexuality is repressed; focus is on relationships with same-sex peers
5. Genital stage: puberty-adulthood: libido is reawakened as genital organs mature; focus is on
relationships with members of the opposite sex
Major periods of lifespan development - Answer: 1. prenatal development
2. infancy and toddlerhood
3. early childhood
4. middle childhood
5. adolescence
6. early adulthood
7. middle adulthood
8. late adulthood
Why is it important to study human development across lifespan? - Answer: Development is lifelong.
Developmental science has shown that major developmental changes continue to occur during
