CHAPTER 1 HUMAN GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT | COMPREHENSIVE
LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT EXAM PREP
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, Cognitive development development involving the ways that growth and change in intellectual
capabilities influence a persons behavior
personality development development involving the ways that the enduring characteristics that differentiate
one person from another change over the life span
social development the way in which individuals' interactions with others and their social relationships
grow, change, and remain stable over the course of life
age ranges 1. prenatal period - conception to birth
2. infancy and toddlerhood - birth-3
3. preschool period - 3 to 6
4. middle childhood - 6 to 12
5. adolescence - 12 to 20
6. young adulthood - 20 to 40
7. middle adulthood - 40 to 60
8. late adulthood - 60 to death
social construction a shared notion of reality that is widely accepted but is a function of society and
culture at a given time
cohort a group of people born at around the same time in the same place
history graded influences biological and environmental influences associated with a particular historical
moment
age graded influences biological and environmental influences that are similar for individuals in a
particular age group, regardless of when or where they are raised
sociocultural graded influences the social and cultural factors present at a particular time for a particular
individual, depending on such variables as ethnicity, social class, and subcultural
membership
non normative life events specific, atypical events that occur in a particular persons life at a time when such
events do not happen to most people
DEVELOPMENT | COMPREHENSIVE
LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT EXAM PREP
GUIDE 2026| GRADED A+ |
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Updated 2026 Questions and Answers | 100% Verified
Exam Prep and Comprehensive Rationales Included
, Cognitive development development involving the ways that growth and change in intellectual
capabilities influence a persons behavior
personality development development involving the ways that the enduring characteristics that differentiate
one person from another change over the life span
social development the way in which individuals' interactions with others and their social relationships
grow, change, and remain stable over the course of life
age ranges 1. prenatal period - conception to birth
2. infancy and toddlerhood - birth-3
3. preschool period - 3 to 6
4. middle childhood - 6 to 12
5. adolescence - 12 to 20
6. young adulthood - 20 to 40
7. middle adulthood - 40 to 60
8. late adulthood - 60 to death
social construction a shared notion of reality that is widely accepted but is a function of society and
culture at a given time
cohort a group of people born at around the same time in the same place
history graded influences biological and environmental influences associated with a particular historical
moment
age graded influences biological and environmental influences that are similar for individuals in a
particular age group, regardless of when or where they are raised
sociocultural graded influences the social and cultural factors present at a particular time for a particular
individual, depending on such variables as ethnicity, social class, and subcultural
membership
non normative life events specific, atypical events that occur in a particular persons life at a time when such
events do not happen to most people
