Lifespan Development - UWL Exam 1
well answered to pass
lifespan vs life expectancy - correct answer ✔✔Lifespan: Maximum number of
years a human can live
Life Expectancy: Avg # of years humans live (78.74)
8 periods of development - correct answer ✔✔1. Prenatal,
2. Infancy,
3. Early Childhood,
4. Middle Childhood,
5. Adolescence,
6. Early Adulthood/Emerging Adulthood,
7. Middle Adulthood,
8. Late Adulthood.
3 ways to describe age - correct answer ✔✔1. Chronological - Birth -> Death
2. Biological - How old is your body (Premature, smoker)
3. Subjective - How old do you feel?
Paul Baltes - correct answer ✔✔The life-span perspective views development as
lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and
contextual - has 7 principles
, Paul Baltes Principle 1 - correct answer ✔✔Life Long - Each individual period
influences next stage (infancy influences mid childhood)
Paul Baltes Principle 2 - correct answer ✔✔Development is multidimensional
Paul Baltes Principle 3 - correct answer ✔✔Development is multidirectional
Paul Baltes Principle 4 - correct answer ✔✔Relative influences of biological shift
over lifespan. Different stages call for different influence.
Paul Baltes Principle 5 - correct answer ✔✔Development involves change
Paul Baltes Principle 6 - correct answer ✔✔Development shows plasticity
Paul Baltes Principle 7 - correct answer ✔✔Development is influenced by
historical/cultural context
3 Domains of Development - correct answer ✔✔1. Physical (genes)
2 Cognitive (language)
3. Psychosocial (personality)
*each affects the others
Normative age graded - correct answer ✔✔Same influences from age group -
(puberty, graduation)
well answered to pass
lifespan vs life expectancy - correct answer ✔✔Lifespan: Maximum number of
years a human can live
Life Expectancy: Avg # of years humans live (78.74)
8 periods of development - correct answer ✔✔1. Prenatal,
2. Infancy,
3. Early Childhood,
4. Middle Childhood,
5. Adolescence,
6. Early Adulthood/Emerging Adulthood,
7. Middle Adulthood,
8. Late Adulthood.
3 ways to describe age - correct answer ✔✔1. Chronological - Birth -> Death
2. Biological - How old is your body (Premature, smoker)
3. Subjective - How old do you feel?
Paul Baltes - correct answer ✔✔The life-span perspective views development as
lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and
contextual - has 7 principles
, Paul Baltes Principle 1 - correct answer ✔✔Life Long - Each individual period
influences next stage (infancy influences mid childhood)
Paul Baltes Principle 2 - correct answer ✔✔Development is multidimensional
Paul Baltes Principle 3 - correct answer ✔✔Development is multidirectional
Paul Baltes Principle 4 - correct answer ✔✔Relative influences of biological shift
over lifespan. Different stages call for different influence.
Paul Baltes Principle 5 - correct answer ✔✔Development involves change
Paul Baltes Principle 6 - correct answer ✔✔Development shows plasticity
Paul Baltes Principle 7 - correct answer ✔✔Development is influenced by
historical/cultural context
3 Domains of Development - correct answer ✔✔1. Physical (genes)
2 Cognitive (language)
3. Psychosocial (personality)
*each affects the others
Normative age graded - correct answer ✔✔Same influences from age group -
(puberty, graduation)
