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Human Development - Answer-Scientific study of the systematic processes of change and stability in people Lifespan Development - Answer-Concept of human development as a lifelong process that can be studied scientifically Physical Development - Answer-Growth of the body and brain, sensory capacities, motor skills, and health Cognitive Development - Answer-Learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity Psychosocial Development - Answer-Emotion, personality, and social relationships Normative - Answer-Characteristic of an event that occurs in a similar way for most people in a group Nonnormative - Answer-Characteristic of an unusual event that happens to a particular person or a typical event that happens in an unusual time of life. Normative Age Graded Influences - Answer-Highly similar for people in a particular group (ex. People don't experience puberty at 35 and 12 year old's don't experience menopause) Normative History Graded Influences - Answer-Events that shape the behavior and attitudes of a historical generation (ex. People of the great depression feel a sense of social interdependence) Social Construction - Answer-Concept or practice that may appear natural and obvious to those who accept it, but in reality is an intervention of a particular culture or society. (ex. drinking ago, US 21, other countries is 16 and up) Socioecomonic Status - Answer-Combo of economic and social factors describing an individual or family (ex. income, occupation and education)Ethnic Gloss - Answer-Over generalization about an ethnic or cultural group that obscures differences within the group (ex. all black people love watermelon or fried chicken) Heredity - Answer-Traits or characteristics inherited from the biological parents (ex. blue eyes, blonde hair) Maturation - Answer-Unfolding of a natural sequence of physical and behavioral changes