DEP2004 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● Normative age-graded influences
Answer: influences that are similar for individuals in a particular age
group. These influences include biological process such as puberty and
menopause.
●● Non-normative life events
Answer: unusual occurrences that have a major impact on the lives of
individual people. These events do not happen to everyone, and when
they do occur they can influence people in different ways. Examples
include the death of a parent when a child is young, pregnancy in early
adolescence, a fire that destroys a home, winning the lottery, or getting
an unexpected career opportunity.
●● Developmental periods
Answer: What are listed below?
prenatal
infancy
early childhood
middle and late childhood
,adolescence
early adulthood
middle adulthood
late adulthood
●● Prenatal period
Answer: from conception to birth
●● Toddler
Answer: o From age 1 ½ to 3 years old
o Transitional period between infancy and early childhood
-not one of Erikson's development periods; simply a transition period
●● Infancy
Answer: o From birth to 18 or 24 months
o Extreme dependence upon adults
o Beginning of psychological activities, language, symbolic thought,
sensorimotor coordination, and social learning
●● Early childhood
Answer: o From age 3 to 5 years
o Called the "preschool years"
,o Learn to become more self-sufficient and to care for themselves,
develop school readiness skills (following instructions and identifying
letters), and spend many hours playing with peers.
o 1st grade typically marks the end of early childhood
●● Middle and late childhood
Answer: o From age 6 to 10 or 11 years old (approximately
corresponding to the elementary school years)
o Children mast the fundamental skills of reading, writing, and
arithmetic, and are formally exposed to the larger world and its culture
o Achievement becomes a more central theme of the child's worlds
o Self-control increases
●● Adolescence
Answer: o Entered at approximately 10 to 12 years of age and ending at
18 to 21 years of age
o Period of transition from childhood to early adulthood
o Begins with rapid physical change - dramatic gains in height and
weight, changes in body contour, and the development of sexual
characteristics such as enlargement of the breast, growth of pubic and
facial hair, and deepening voice.
o The pursuit of independence and an identity are preeminent
o Thought is more logical, abstract, and idealistic
o More time is spent outside the family
, ●● Early adulthood
Answer: o Begins in early twenties and last through the thirties
o Establishment of personal and economic independence, advancement
of career, selection of mate, learning to live with that person in an
intimate way, starting a family, and rearing children.
●● Middle adulthood
Answer: o From approximately 40 to about 60 years of age
o Time of expanding personal and social involvement and responsibility;
of assisting the next generation in becoming competent, mature
individuals; and of reaching and maintain satisfaction in a career.
●● Late adulthood
Answer: o Begins during the 60's or 70's and lasts until death
o Time of life review, retirement, and adjustment to new social roles and
diminishing strength and health
o The longest span of an period of development
o People in this group have been increasing dramatically
o Two levels of late adulthood according to Baltes and Smith
"young-old"
• 65-84
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● Normative age-graded influences
Answer: influences that are similar for individuals in a particular age
group. These influences include biological process such as puberty and
menopause.
●● Non-normative life events
Answer: unusual occurrences that have a major impact on the lives of
individual people. These events do not happen to everyone, and when
they do occur they can influence people in different ways. Examples
include the death of a parent when a child is young, pregnancy in early
adolescence, a fire that destroys a home, winning the lottery, or getting
an unexpected career opportunity.
●● Developmental periods
Answer: What are listed below?
prenatal
infancy
early childhood
middle and late childhood
,adolescence
early adulthood
middle adulthood
late adulthood
●● Prenatal period
Answer: from conception to birth
●● Toddler
Answer: o From age 1 ½ to 3 years old
o Transitional period between infancy and early childhood
-not one of Erikson's development periods; simply a transition period
●● Infancy
Answer: o From birth to 18 or 24 months
o Extreme dependence upon adults
o Beginning of psychological activities, language, symbolic thought,
sensorimotor coordination, and social learning
●● Early childhood
Answer: o From age 3 to 5 years
o Called the "preschool years"
,o Learn to become more self-sufficient and to care for themselves,
develop school readiness skills (following instructions and identifying
letters), and spend many hours playing with peers.
o 1st grade typically marks the end of early childhood
●● Middle and late childhood
Answer: o From age 6 to 10 or 11 years old (approximately
corresponding to the elementary school years)
o Children mast the fundamental skills of reading, writing, and
arithmetic, and are formally exposed to the larger world and its culture
o Achievement becomes a more central theme of the child's worlds
o Self-control increases
●● Adolescence
Answer: o Entered at approximately 10 to 12 years of age and ending at
18 to 21 years of age
o Period of transition from childhood to early adulthood
o Begins with rapid physical change - dramatic gains in height and
weight, changes in body contour, and the development of sexual
characteristics such as enlargement of the breast, growth of pubic and
facial hair, and deepening voice.
o The pursuit of independence and an identity are preeminent
o Thought is more logical, abstract, and idealistic
o More time is spent outside the family
, ●● Early adulthood
Answer: o Begins in early twenties and last through the thirties
o Establishment of personal and economic independence, advancement
of career, selection of mate, learning to live with that person in an
intimate way, starting a family, and rearing children.
●● Middle adulthood
Answer: o From approximately 40 to about 60 years of age
o Time of expanding personal and social involvement and responsibility;
of assisting the next generation in becoming competent, mature
individuals; and of reaching and maintain satisfaction in a career.
●● Late adulthood
Answer: o Begins during the 60's or 70's and lasts until death
o Time of life review, retirement, and adjustment to new social roles and
diminishing strength and health
o The longest span of an period of development
o People in this group have been increasing dramatically
o Two levels of late adulthood according to Baltes and Smith
"young-old"
• 65-84
