Life-Span Development Final (Straighter
line) questions with complete solutions
Development - correct answer ✔✔pattern of change beginning at conception and
continuing throughout the life span
Ex: growth and decline
Life-span perspective - correct answer ✔✔involves growth, maintenance, and
regulation.
average life expectancy - correct answer ✔✔79 years
culture - correct answer ✔✔interactions, behavior patterns, beliefs, and all other
products of a group passed on from generation to generation
cross-cultural studies - correct answer ✔✔comparing aspects of cultures to gain
information about their developmental similarities
ethnicity - correct answer ✔✔Based on cultural heritage, nationality
characteristics, race, religion, and language
socioeconomic status - correct answer ✔✔grouping of people with similar
occupational, educational, and economic characteristics
, gender - correct answer ✔✔characteristics of people as males, females, or
transgender, and sociocultural challenges
social policy - correct answer ✔✔a national government's course of action
designed to promote the welfare of its citizens
biological processes - correct answer ✔✔changes in an individual's physical
nature
cognitive processes - correct answer ✔✔changes in an individual's thought,
intelligence, and language
socioemotional processes - correct answer ✔✔changes in an individual's
relationships, emotions, and personality
prenatal period - correct answer ✔✔conception to birth
infancy - correct answer ✔✔birth to 18 to 24 months
early childhood - correct answer ✔✔3 to 5 years
middle and late childhood - correct answer ✔✔6 to 10 or 11 years old
adolescence - correct answer ✔✔10 to 12 to 18 to 21 years old
emerging adulthood - correct answer ✔✔18 to 25 years
line) questions with complete solutions
Development - correct answer ✔✔pattern of change beginning at conception and
continuing throughout the life span
Ex: growth and decline
Life-span perspective - correct answer ✔✔involves growth, maintenance, and
regulation.
average life expectancy - correct answer ✔✔79 years
culture - correct answer ✔✔interactions, behavior patterns, beliefs, and all other
products of a group passed on from generation to generation
cross-cultural studies - correct answer ✔✔comparing aspects of cultures to gain
information about their developmental similarities
ethnicity - correct answer ✔✔Based on cultural heritage, nationality
characteristics, race, religion, and language
socioeconomic status - correct answer ✔✔grouping of people with similar
occupational, educational, and economic characteristics
, gender - correct answer ✔✔characteristics of people as males, females, or
transgender, and sociocultural challenges
social policy - correct answer ✔✔a national government's course of action
designed to promote the welfare of its citizens
biological processes - correct answer ✔✔changes in an individual's physical
nature
cognitive processes - correct answer ✔✔changes in an individual's thought,
intelligence, and language
socioemotional processes - correct answer ✔✔changes in an individual's
relationships, emotions, and personality
prenatal period - correct answer ✔✔conception to birth
infancy - correct answer ✔✔birth to 18 to 24 months
early childhood - correct answer ✔✔3 to 5 years
middle and late childhood - correct answer ✔✔6 to 10 or 11 years old
adolescence - correct answer ✔✔10 to 12 to 18 to 21 years old
emerging adulthood - correct answer ✔✔18 to 25 years
