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EXPERIENCE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: THE
STUDY OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT
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human development
Ans: scientific study of processes of change and stability throughout the
human life span.
life-span development
Ans: concept of human development as a lifelong process, which can be
studied scientifically - based on the idea that every portion of the life span is
influenced by earlier events and will in turn affect later events
physical development
Ans: growth of body and brain, including patterns of change in sensory
capacity, motor skills, and health.
cognitive development
Ans: pattern of change in mental abilities, such as learning attention,
memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity.
psychosocial development
Ans: pattern of change in emotions, personality, and social relationships.
social construction
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, Ans: a concept or practice that may appear natural and obvious to those
who accept it, but that in reality is an invention of a particular culture or
society.
individual differences
Ans: differences in characteristics, influences, or developmental outcomes
heredity
Ans: inborn traits of characteristics inherited from the biological parents
aka nature
environment
Ans: totality of non heredity (experimential) influences on development.
aka nurture
maturation
Ans: unfolding of a natural sequence of physical and behavioral changes -
maturation of body and brain
nuclear family
Ans: two-generational kinship, economic, and household unit consisting of
one or two parents and their biological children, adopted children, or
stepchildren.
extended family
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