Lifespan Development Psychology Exam 1,
Chapters 1-4 Questions and Answers Solved
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Development - ANSWER-systematic changes and continuities in the individual that
occur between conception and death
Physical development - ANSWER-growth of the body and its organs, functioning of
physiological systems include brain, physical signs of aging, changes in motor abilities,
etc
Cognitive development - ANSWER-changes and continuities in perception, language,
learning, memory, problem solving, and other mental processes
psychosocial development - ANSWER-changes 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 - ANSWER-physical changes that occur from conception to maturity
Biological aging - ANSWER-deterioration 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
Aging - ANSWER-involves 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 - ANSWER-transitional 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
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 - ANSWER-conception to birth
infancy - ANSWER-first 2 years of life
preschool period - ANSWER-2-5/6 years
middle childhood - ANSWER-6-10
adolescence - ANSWER-(puberty) 10-18
emerging adulthood - ANSWER-18-25
early adulthood - ANSWER-25-40
middle adulthood - ANSWER-40-65
late adulthood - ANSWER-65+
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 - ANSWER-Ritual that marks a person's passage from one status to
another, usually in reference to passage from childhood to adulthood
Age norms - ANSWER-society's way of telling people how to act their age
ex: most agree that 6 year olds are too young to date or drink beer, but old enough to
attend school, adults should think about marrying at 25
** important bc influence decisions about how to lead lives
different in people with higher SES than lower SES
ex: african american women in lower SES were mothers at 16
Social Clock - ANSWER-a person's sense of when things should be done and when he
or she is ahead of or behind the schedule dictated by age norms
ex: unmarried 30 year old may feel he should propose to his girlfriend before she gives
up on him, a 70 year old who loves her job may feel she should start planning for
retirement
ethnicity - ANSWER-people's classification or affiliation with a group based on common
heritage/traditions
Chapters 1-4 Questions and Answers Solved
100%
Development - ANSWER-systematic changes and continuities in the individual that
occur between conception and death
Physical development - ANSWER-growth of the body and its organs, functioning of
physiological systems include brain, physical signs of aging, changes in motor abilities,
etc
Cognitive development - ANSWER-changes and continuities in perception, language,
learning, memory, problem solving, and other mental processes
psychosocial development - ANSWER-changes 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 - ANSWER-physical changes that occur from conception to maturity
Biological aging - ANSWER-deterioration 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
Aging - ANSWER-involves 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 - ANSWER-transitional 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
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 - ANSWER-conception to birth
infancy - ANSWER-first 2 years of life
preschool period - ANSWER-2-5/6 years
middle childhood - ANSWER-6-10
adolescence - ANSWER-(puberty) 10-18
emerging adulthood - ANSWER-18-25
early adulthood - ANSWER-25-40
middle adulthood - ANSWER-40-65
late adulthood - ANSWER-65+
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 - ANSWER-Ritual that marks a person's passage from one status to
another, usually in reference to passage from childhood to adulthood
Age norms - ANSWER-society's way of telling people how to act their age
ex: most agree that 6 year olds are too young to date or drink beer, but old enough to
attend school, adults should think about marrying at 25
** important bc influence decisions about how to lead lives
different in people with higher SES than lower SES
ex: african american women in lower SES were mothers at 16
Social Clock - ANSWER-a person's sense of when things should be done and when he
or she is ahead of or behind the schedule dictated by age norms
ex: unmarried 30 year old may feel he should propose to his girlfriend before she gives
up on him, a 70 year old who loves her job may feel she should start planning for
retirement
ethnicity - ANSWER-people's classification or affiliation with a group based on common
heritage/traditions
