Lifespan Development Psychology
Exam 1, Chapters 1-4 Questions &
Answers(RATED A+)
Development - ANSWERsystematic changes and continuities in the individual that occur between
conception and death
Physical development - ANSWERgrowth of the body and its organs, functioning of physiological
systems include brain, physical signs of aging, changes in motor abilities, etc
Aging - ANSWERinvolves more than biological aging, refers to a range of physical, cognitive, and
psychosocial changes, positive and negative, in mature organism. Development involves gains, losses,
neutral changes, and continuities in each phase of the life span, growth and again part of it
Emerging adulthood - ANSWERtransitional period between adolescence and full fledged adulthood
that extends from age 18-25
*after WWII, started taking youth longer to get to adulthood and its roles/responsibilities than it had
in earlier eras as more people began to attend college in large numbers to prepare for
work/postpone marriage
Cognitive development - ANSWERchanges and continuities in perception, language, learning,
memory, problem solving, and other mental processes
psychosocial development - ANSWERchanges in personal and interpersonal aspects of development,
such as motives, emotions, personality traits, interpersonal skills, and relationships, and roles played
in the family and in the larger society
Growth - ANSWERphysical changes that occur from conception to maturity
Biological aging - ANSWERdeterioration of organisms that leads inevitably to their death. Biologically
speaking, development does involve growth in early life, stability in early/middle adulthood, and
decline associated with now-accumalted effects of aging in later life
, Arnett says people in Emerging Adulthood... - ANSWER-explore identities
-lead unstable lives filled with job changes/new relationships
-self-focused, free of obligations to other, free to focus on own psychological needs
-feel in-between- adult like in some ways but not others
-believe they have limitless possibilities ahead
Prenatal period - ANSWERconception to birth
infancy - ANSWERfirst 2 years of life
preschool period - ANSWER2-5/6 years
middle childhood - ANSWER6-10
adolescence - ANSWER(puberty) 10-18
emerging adulthood - ANSWER18-25
early adulthood - ANSWER25-40
middle adulthood - ANSWER40-65
late adulthood - ANSWER65+
Age grade - ANSWER-socially defined age group in a society
-assigned different statuses, roles, privileges, and responsibilities
-separating children in grades in school is form of age grading
Ex: in Us, 18 year old's can vote, children can not, we define old age as 65+ but Kung San of Botswana
don't know chronological age and define old age in terms of functioning
Rite of Passage - ANSWERRitual that marks a person's passage from one status to another, usually in
reference to passage from childhood to adulthood
Exam 1, Chapters 1-4 Questions &
Answers(RATED A+)
Development - ANSWERsystematic changes and continuities in the individual that occur between
conception and death
Physical development - ANSWERgrowth of the body and its organs, functioning of physiological
systems include brain, physical signs of aging, changes in motor abilities, etc
Aging - ANSWERinvolves more than biological aging, refers to a range of physical, cognitive, and
psychosocial changes, positive and negative, in mature organism. Development involves gains, losses,
neutral changes, and continuities in each phase of the life span, growth and again part of it
Emerging adulthood - ANSWERtransitional period between adolescence and full fledged adulthood
that extends from age 18-25
*after WWII, started taking youth longer to get to adulthood and its roles/responsibilities than it had
in earlier eras as more people began to attend college in large numbers to prepare for
work/postpone marriage
Cognitive development - ANSWERchanges and continuities in perception, language, learning,
memory, problem solving, and other mental processes
psychosocial development - ANSWERchanges in personal and interpersonal aspects of development,
such as motives, emotions, personality traits, interpersonal skills, and relationships, and roles played
in the family and in the larger society
Growth - ANSWERphysical changes that occur from conception to maturity
Biological aging - ANSWERdeterioration of organisms that leads inevitably to their death. Biologically
speaking, development does involve growth in early life, stability in early/middle adulthood, and
decline associated with now-accumalted effects of aging in later life
, Arnett says people in Emerging Adulthood... - ANSWER-explore identities
-lead unstable lives filled with job changes/new relationships
-self-focused, free of obligations to other, free to focus on own psychological needs
-feel in-between- adult like in some ways but not others
-believe they have limitless possibilities ahead
Prenatal period - ANSWERconception to birth
infancy - ANSWERfirst 2 years of life
preschool period - ANSWER2-5/6 years
middle childhood - ANSWER6-10
adolescence - ANSWER(puberty) 10-18
emerging adulthood - ANSWER18-25
early adulthood - ANSWER25-40
middle adulthood - ANSWER40-65
late adulthood - ANSWER65+
Age grade - ANSWER-socially defined age group in a society
-assigned different statuses, roles, privileges, and responsibilities
-separating children in grades in school is form of age grading
Ex: in Us, 18 year old's can vote, children can not, we define old age as 65+ but Kung San of Botswana
don't know chronological age and define old age in terms of functioning
Rite of Passage - ANSWERRitual that marks a person's passage from one status to another, usually in
reference to passage from childhood to adulthood
