NUEL 250 FINAL EXAM
6 tenets of a lifespan perspective - ✅✅-1. lifelong process
2. multidimensional & multidirectional
3. plasticity
4. interactive process
5. contextual
6. multidisciplinary
development is a lifelong process - ✅✅ -"old" model - grow, maintain, decline
New model - throughout life, interplay among goals
development is multidimensional - ✅✅-1. biological
2. cognitive
3. personal-social
spiritual and career domains significant as well.
domains are often considered and studied separately because - ✅✅-the "whole
person" is difficult to analyze and study scientifically
development doesn't necessarily advance simultaneously on all fronts
domains should not be considered independent but - ✅✅-interrelated
multidirectionality - ✅✅-development does not always follow an "onward and
upward" course
1. gains and losses at all points in life
2. people make "choices" to embark on varied life paths
plasticity - ✅✅-ability of the brain to be reshaped by experience
critical periods - ✅✅-a specific time during development when a particular event
has its greatest consequences and the presence of certain kinds of environmental
stimuli is necessary for development to proceed normally
sensitive period - ✅✅ -a specific, but limited, time, usually early in an organism's
life, during which the organism is particularly susceptible to environmental influences
relating to some particular facet of development
development is an interactional process - ✅✅-interaction between individual and
environment
, 1. individual and environment form a system
2. influence is "bi-directional"
Contexts of a person - ✅✅-biological makeup
physical environment
cognitive processes
historical contexts
social contexts
cultural context
normative age-graded influences - ✅✅-influences that are similar for individuals in
a particular age group
normative history-graded influences - ✅✅ -influences that are common to people of
a particular generation because of historical circumstances
non-normative life events - ✅✅ -unusual occurrences that have a major impact on
an individual's life but not for others
development is multidisciplinary - ✅✅
-The contributions of many disciplines are
needed to understand how people grow, think, and interact with their world
continuous change - ✅✅ -gradual development in which achievements at one level
build on those of previous levels
discontinuous change - ✅✅ -development that occurs in distinct steps or stages,
with each stage bringing about behavior that is assumed to be qualitatively different
from behavior at earlier stages
stability vs change - ✅✅-Do our early personality traits persist through life, or do
we become different persons as we age?
nature vs nurture - ✅✅-Heredity vs. Environment
more so how heredity and environment interact
a theory is a statement that describes - ✅✅-which facts are most important for
understanding a phenomenon
what relationships among the facts are most significant for understanding the
phenomenon
3 types of developmental theory classes - ✅✅-1. stage models
2. incremental models
6 tenets of a lifespan perspective - ✅✅-1. lifelong process
2. multidimensional & multidirectional
3. plasticity
4. interactive process
5. contextual
6. multidisciplinary
development is a lifelong process - ✅✅ -"old" model - grow, maintain, decline
New model - throughout life, interplay among goals
development is multidimensional - ✅✅-1. biological
2. cognitive
3. personal-social
spiritual and career domains significant as well.
domains are often considered and studied separately because - ✅✅-the "whole
person" is difficult to analyze and study scientifically
development doesn't necessarily advance simultaneously on all fronts
domains should not be considered independent but - ✅✅-interrelated
multidirectionality - ✅✅-development does not always follow an "onward and
upward" course
1. gains and losses at all points in life
2. people make "choices" to embark on varied life paths
plasticity - ✅✅-ability of the brain to be reshaped by experience
critical periods - ✅✅-a specific time during development when a particular event
has its greatest consequences and the presence of certain kinds of environmental
stimuli is necessary for development to proceed normally
sensitive period - ✅✅ -a specific, but limited, time, usually early in an organism's
life, during which the organism is particularly susceptible to environmental influences
relating to some particular facet of development
development is an interactional process - ✅✅-interaction between individual and
environment
, 1. individual and environment form a system
2. influence is "bi-directional"
Contexts of a person - ✅✅-biological makeup
physical environment
cognitive processes
historical contexts
social contexts
cultural context
normative age-graded influences - ✅✅-influences that are similar for individuals in
a particular age group
normative history-graded influences - ✅✅ -influences that are common to people of
a particular generation because of historical circumstances
non-normative life events - ✅✅ -unusual occurrences that have a major impact on
an individual's life but not for others
development is multidisciplinary - ✅✅
-The contributions of many disciplines are
needed to understand how people grow, think, and interact with their world
continuous change - ✅✅ -gradual development in which achievements at one level
build on those of previous levels
discontinuous change - ✅✅ -development that occurs in distinct steps or stages,
with each stage bringing about behavior that is assumed to be qualitatively different
from behavior at earlier stages
stability vs change - ✅✅-Do our early personality traits persist through life, or do
we become different persons as we age?
nature vs nurture - ✅✅-Heredity vs. Environment
more so how heredity and environment interact
a theory is a statement that describes - ✅✅-which facts are most important for
understanding a phenomenon
what relationships among the facts are most significant for understanding the
phenomenon
3 types of developmental theory classes - ✅✅-1. stage models
2. incremental models
