Life-Span Development Final (Straighterline)
Development - Answer-pattern of change beginning at conception and continuing throughout the life span Ex: growth and decline
Life-span perspective - Answer-involves growth, maintenance, and regulation.
average life expectancy - Answer-79 years
culture - Answer-interactions, behavior patterns, beliefs, and all other products of a group passed on from generation to generation
cross-cultural studies - Answer-comparing aspects of cultures to gain information about their developmental similarities
ethnicity - Answer-Based on cultural heritage, nationality characteristics, race, religion, and language
socioeconomic status - Answer-grouping of people with similar occupational, educational, and economic characteristics
gender - Answer-characteristics of people as males, females, or transgender, and sociocultural challenges
social policy - Answer-a national government's course of action designed to promote the welfare
of its citizens
biological processes - Answer-changes in an individual's physical nature
cognitive processes - Answer-changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and language
socioemotional processes - Answer-changes in an individual's relationships, emotions, and personality
prenatal period - Answer-conception to birth
infancy - Answer-birth to 18 to 24 months
early childhood - Answer-3 to 5 years
middle and late childhood - Answer-6 to 10 or 11 years old
adolescence - Answer-10 to 12 to 18 to 21 years old
emerging adulthood - Answer-18 to 25 years early adulthood - Answer-20s and 30s
middle adulthood - Answer-40s and 50s
late adulthood - Answer-60s to 70s to death
first age - Answer-childhood and adolescence
second age - Answer-Prime adulthood, ages 20 through 59
third age - Answer-Approximately 60 to 79 years of age
fourth age - Answer-Approximately 80 years and older
normal aging - Answer-describes most individuals with psychological functioning peaking early middle age
pathological age - Answer-describes individuals with above average decline in early old age, developing a condition leading to mild cognitive impairment
successful aging - Answer-describes individuals maintaining positive physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development longer in life.
nature vs nurture - Answer-organisms biological inheritance vs environmental experiences
Freudian development: oral stage - Answer-birth to 1.5 years; infant's pleasure centers on the mouth
freudian development: anal stage - Answer-1.5 to 3 years; child's pleasure focuses on the anus
freudian development: phallic stage - Answer-3 to 6 years; child's pleasure focuses on the genitals
freudian development: latency stage - Answer-6 years to puberty; child represses sexual interest and develops social and intellectual skills
freudian development: genital stage - Answer-puberty onward; a time of sexual reawakening: source of sexual pleasure becomes someone outside the family
erikson' psychosocial theory for human behavior - Answer-motivation for behavior is social in nature
sensorimotor stage - Answer-birth to 2 to 3 years; - infants coordinate sensory experiences with physical actions to construct an understanding of the world
- infants progress from reflexive, instinctual action at birth to the beginning of symbolic thought toward the end of the stage
preoperational stage - Answer-2 to 7 years:
Development - Answer-pattern of change beginning at conception and continuing throughout the life span Ex: growth and decline
Life-span perspective - Answer-involves growth, maintenance, and regulation.
average life expectancy - Answer-79 years
culture - Answer-interactions, behavior patterns, beliefs, and all other products of a group passed on from generation to generation
cross-cultural studies - Answer-comparing aspects of cultures to gain information about their developmental similarities
ethnicity - Answer-Based on cultural heritage, nationality characteristics, race, religion, and language
socioeconomic status - Answer-grouping of people with similar occupational, educational, and economic characteristics
gender - Answer-characteristics of people as males, females, or transgender, and sociocultural challenges
social policy - Answer-a national government's course of action designed to promote the welfare
of its citizens
biological processes - Answer-changes in an individual's physical nature
cognitive processes - Answer-changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and language
socioemotional processes - Answer-changes in an individual's relationships, emotions, and personality
prenatal period - Answer-conception to birth
infancy - Answer-birth to 18 to 24 months
early childhood - Answer-3 to 5 years
middle and late childhood - Answer-6 to 10 or 11 years old
adolescence - Answer-10 to 12 to 18 to 21 years old
emerging adulthood - Answer-18 to 25 years early adulthood - Answer-20s and 30s
middle adulthood - Answer-40s and 50s
late adulthood - Answer-60s to 70s to death
first age - Answer-childhood and adolescence
second age - Answer-Prime adulthood, ages 20 through 59
third age - Answer-Approximately 60 to 79 years of age
fourth age - Answer-Approximately 80 years and older
normal aging - Answer-describes most individuals with psychological functioning peaking early middle age
pathological age - Answer-describes individuals with above average decline in early old age, developing a condition leading to mild cognitive impairment
successful aging - Answer-describes individuals maintaining positive physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development longer in life.
nature vs nurture - Answer-organisms biological inheritance vs environmental experiences
Freudian development: oral stage - Answer-birth to 1.5 years; infant's pleasure centers on the mouth
freudian development: anal stage - Answer-1.5 to 3 years; child's pleasure focuses on the anus
freudian development: phallic stage - Answer-3 to 6 years; child's pleasure focuses on the genitals
freudian development: latency stage - Answer-6 years to puberty; child represses sexual interest and develops social and intellectual skills
freudian development: genital stage - Answer-puberty onward; a time of sexual reawakening: source of sexual pleasure becomes someone outside the family
erikson' psychosocial theory for human behavior - Answer-motivation for behavior is social in nature
sensorimotor stage - Answer-birth to 2 to 3 years; - infants coordinate sensory experiences with physical actions to construct an understanding of the world
- infants progress from reflexive, instinctual action at birth to the beginning of symbolic thought toward the end of the stage
preoperational stage - Answer-2 to 7 years:
