Life Span Development - Exam 1 Study Guide
COMPLETE QUESTIONS & SOLUTIONS
Lifespan development - ANSWER field of study that examines patterns of growth, change, and stability in
behavior that occur throughout the entire lifespan
What type of approach does lifespan development take? - ANSWER scientific (growth, change, stability)
The vast majority of lifespan development focuses on - ANSWER human development
Cognitive development - ANSWER involves the ways that growth and change in intellectual capabilities
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 involves the way in which individuals' interactions w/others and their
social relationships grow, change and remain stable over the course of life
What do lifespan developmentalists typically look at which type of area? - ANSWER a particular age-
range
In Western culture, what age is considered adulthood? - ANSWER 20
Cohort - ANSWER group of people who are born around the same time in the same place
Age-graded influences - ANSWER biological and environmental influences that are similar for individuals
in a particular age group, regardless of where they are raised
, History-graded influences - ANSWER biological and environmental factors that are associated w/a certain
historical event (bombing of Pearl Harbor)
Sociocultural-graded influences - ANSWER when social and cultural factors affect an individual at a
particular time and include variables as ethnicity, social class and subcultural membership
Fixation - ANSWER children are unable to gratify themselves in a particular stage of development or are
over-gratified in a particular stage of development
Erikson - ANSWER provided an alternative psychodynamic view in his theory of psychosocial
development
psychosocial theory: emphasized that society and culture influences and shapes us - each of his 8 stages
represents a crisis that the individual must resolve
trust vs. mistrust - ANSWER feelings of trust from environmental support
fear and concern regarding others
autonomy vs. shame & doubt - ANSWER self-sufficiency if exploration is encouraged
doubts about self, lack of independence
initiative vs. guilt - ANSWER discovery of ways to initiate actions
guilt from actions and thoughts
industry vs. inferiority - ANSWER development of sense of competence
feelings of inferiority, no sense of mastery
COMPLETE QUESTIONS & SOLUTIONS
Lifespan development - ANSWER field of study that examines patterns of growth, change, and stability in
behavior that occur throughout the entire lifespan
What type of approach does lifespan development take? - ANSWER scientific (growth, change, stability)
The vast majority of lifespan development focuses on - ANSWER human development
Cognitive development - ANSWER involves the ways that growth and change in intellectual capabilities
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 involves the way in which individuals' interactions w/others and their
social relationships grow, change and remain stable over the course of life
What do lifespan developmentalists typically look at which type of area? - ANSWER a particular age-
range
In Western culture, what age is considered adulthood? - ANSWER 20
Cohort - ANSWER group of people who are born around the same time in the same place
Age-graded influences - ANSWER biological and environmental influences that are similar for individuals
in a particular age group, regardless of where they are raised
, History-graded influences - ANSWER biological and environmental factors that are associated w/a certain
historical event (bombing of Pearl Harbor)
Sociocultural-graded influences - ANSWER when social and cultural factors affect an individual at a
particular time and include variables as ethnicity, social class and subcultural membership
Fixation - ANSWER children are unable to gratify themselves in a particular stage of development or are
over-gratified in a particular stage of development
Erikson - ANSWER provided an alternative psychodynamic view in his theory of psychosocial
development
psychosocial theory: emphasized that society and culture influences and shapes us - each of his 8 stages
represents a crisis that the individual must resolve
trust vs. mistrust - ANSWER feelings of trust from environmental support
fear and concern regarding others
autonomy vs. shame & doubt - ANSWER self-sufficiency if exploration is encouraged
doubts about self, lack of independence
initiative vs. guilt - ANSWER discovery of ways to initiate actions
guilt from actions and thoughts
industry vs. inferiority - ANSWER development of sense of competence
feelings of inferiority, no sense of mastery
