LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT IN CONTEXT FINAL PAPER TESTED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY SHEET

LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT IN CONTEXT
FINAL PAPER TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
SHEET

●● Lifespan Development focuses on human development
Answer: 1) universal principles of development
2) Cultural, Racial, Ethnic differences
3) Individual traits & Characteristics


●● Psychodynamic Theory
Answer: (Freud/Erikson) Theories proposing that development is largely
determined by how well people resolve conflicts they face at different
ages.


●● Psychosocial Theory
Answer: (Erikson) Personality development is determined by the
internal maturational plan & external societal demands.


●● Neuroscience
Answer: The study of the brain & nervous system. Helps with
understanding brain-behavior relationships.

, ●● physical development
Answer: Involves the body's physical makeup, including the brain,
nervous system, muscles, and senses, and the need for food, drink, and
sleep as a determinant of behavior.


●● Cognitive Development
Answer: Involves the ways that growth and change in learning, memory,
problem solvinf, and intelligence influence a person's behavior.


●● Personality Development
Answer: Involves the ways that the enduring characteristics that
differentiate one person from another change over the lifespan.


●● social Development
Answer: Is the way in which individual's interactions with others and
their social relationships grow, change, and remain stable over the
course of life.


●● Social Construction
Answer: Is a shared notion of reality, one that is widely accepted but is a
function of society and culture at a given time.


●● Developmental Diversity
Answer: It is how Culture, Ethnicity, and Race Influence Development.