LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT A TOPICAL
APPROACH 2026 PRACTICE TEST SHEET FULL
SOLUTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS
GUARANTEED PASS
◉ Define lifespan development
Answer: field of study that examines patterns of growth, change &
stability that occur from birth, throughout a persons' life, into and
during old age.
◉ What type of theory is attributed to Vygotsky?
Answer: Sociocultural theory emphasizes how cognitive
development proceeds as a result of social interactions btwn
members of a culture
◉ What is the theory behind cognitive development?
Answer: Piaget's theory is based on approach to development - all
children pass through a series of four universal stages from birth
thru adolescence: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete
operational & formal operational. Movement from one stage to next
occurs when child reaches appropriate level of physical maturation
& exposure to experience. Without such experience, Piaget assumed
child incapable of reaching cognitive potential
,◉ How is personality development defined?
Answer: Development involves the ways that enduring
characteristics which differentiate one person from another change
over the lifespan
◉ How is social development defined?
Answer: the way in which individuals' interactions with other and
their social relationships grow, change & remain stable over the
lifespan
◉ What is the evolutionary perspective?
Answer: theory that seeks to identify behavior that is a result of our
genetic inheritance from our ancestors
◉ What are Piaget's two basic stages of cognitive development?
Answer: Assimilation and Accommodation
- Assimilation is the process in which people understand a new
experience in terms of current stage of cognitive development and
existing ways of thinking
- accommodation refers to changes in existing ways of thinking in
response to encounters with new stimuli or events.
◉ What type of learning is modeling?
, Answer: Learning behavior by observing the behavior of another
person
◉ What is Nature in relationship to development?
Answer: traits, abilities & capacities that are inherited from one's
parents. Encompasses predetermined genetic information
◉ Who is behind theory of self-actualization?
Answer: Carl Rogers & Abraham Maslow
◉ What is the "behavioral perspective"?
Answer: the keys to understanding development are observable
behavior and outside stimuli in the environment
◉ What is the sociocultural perspective?
Answer: cognitive development is a result of social interactions
between members of a cultural
◉ Physical Development
Answer: development involving the body's physical makeup,
including the brain, nervous system, muscles, and senses, and the
need for food, drink, and sleep
APPROACH 2026 PRACTICE TEST SHEET FULL
SOLUTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS
GUARANTEED PASS
◉ Define lifespan development
Answer: field of study that examines patterns of growth, change &
stability that occur from birth, throughout a persons' life, into and
during old age.
◉ What type of theory is attributed to Vygotsky?
Answer: Sociocultural theory emphasizes how cognitive
development proceeds as a result of social interactions btwn
members of a culture
◉ What is the theory behind cognitive development?
Answer: Piaget's theory is based on approach to development - all
children pass through a series of four universal stages from birth
thru adolescence: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete
operational & formal operational. Movement from one stage to next
occurs when child reaches appropriate level of physical maturation
& exposure to experience. Without such experience, Piaget assumed
child incapable of reaching cognitive potential
,◉ How is personality development defined?
Answer: Development involves the ways that enduring
characteristics which differentiate one person from another change
over the lifespan
◉ How is social development defined?
Answer: the way in which individuals' interactions with other and
their social relationships grow, change & remain stable over the
lifespan
◉ What is the evolutionary perspective?
Answer: theory that seeks to identify behavior that is a result of our
genetic inheritance from our ancestors
◉ What are Piaget's two basic stages of cognitive development?
Answer: Assimilation and Accommodation
- Assimilation is the process in which people understand a new
experience in terms of current stage of cognitive development and
existing ways of thinking
- accommodation refers to changes in existing ways of thinking in
response to encounters with new stimuli or events.
◉ What type of learning is modeling?
, Answer: Learning behavior by observing the behavior of another
person
◉ What is Nature in relationship to development?
Answer: traits, abilities & capacities that are inherited from one's
parents. Encompasses predetermined genetic information
◉ Who is behind theory of self-actualization?
Answer: Carl Rogers & Abraham Maslow
◉ What is the "behavioral perspective"?
Answer: the keys to understanding development are observable
behavior and outside stimuli in the environment
◉ What is the sociocultural perspective?
Answer: cognitive development is a result of social interactions
between members of a cultural
◉ Physical Development
Answer: development involving the body's physical makeup,
including the brain, nervous system, muscles, and senses, and the
need for food, drink, and sleep
