Essentials of Lifespan Development
Final (Santrock) fully solved
Freud's second stage - correct answer ✔✔Anal stage- Child's pleasure focuses on
the anus 1 1/2 to 3 years.
proximodistal pattern - correct answer ✔✔Developmental sequence in which
growth starts at the center of the body and moves toward the extremities.
Memory - correct answer ✔✔A central feature of cognitive development,
pertaining to all situations in which an individual retains information over time.
sucking reflex - correct answer ✔✔A newborn's built-in reaction to automatically
suck an object placed in its mouth.
development - correct answer ✔✔The pattern of change that begins at
conception and continues through the life span. Involves growth, although it also
includes decline brought on by aging and dying.
normative age-graded influences - correct answer ✔✔Influences that are similar
for individuals in a particular age group. Examples are puberty, menopause,
retirement.
normative history-graded influences - correct answer ✔✔Influences that are
common to people of a particular generation because of historical circumstances.
,non-normative life events - correct answer ✔✔Unusual occurrences that have a
major impact on the lives of individual people. (Ex. Death of a parent when a
child, pregnancy in early adolescence)
Chronological age - correct answer ✔✔is the number of years that have elapsed
since birth
Biological age - correct answer ✔✔Is a person's age in terms of biological age in
terms of the biological health. involves knowing the functional capacities of a
person's vital organs.
Psychological age - correct answer ✔✔an individual's adaptive capacities
compared with those of other individuals of the same chronological age
Social Age - correct answer ✔✔connectedness with others and the social roles
individuals adopt
nature-nurture issue - correct answer ✔✔the controversy over the relative
contributions of biology and experience
stability-change issue - correct answer ✔✔the degree to which early traits and
characteristics persist through life or change
Continuity and discontinuity - correct answer ✔✔focuses on whether the changes
people undergo over the life span are gradual or abrupt
psychoanalytic theory - correct answer ✔✔Theories that describe development as
primarily unconscious and heavily colored by emotion. (i.e. Frued)
, Frued's Theory - correct answer ✔✔Theorized that patients problems were the
result of experiences early in life. Focus of pleasure and sexual impulses shift from
he mouth to the anus and eventually to the genitals.
Oral Stage - correct answer ✔✔Infant's pleasure center's on the mouth
Phallic Stage - correct answer ✔✔Child's pleasure focuses on the genitals
Latency Stage - correct answer ✔✔child represses sexual interest and develops
social and intellectual skills (6 years to puberty)
Genital Stage - correct answer ✔✔a time of sexual reawakening; source of sexual
pleasure becomes someone outside the family (puberty onward)
Trust v. Mistrust - correct answer ✔✔Erikson's first stage
Autonomy v. Shame and Doubt - correct answer ✔✔Erikson's 2nd stage
Initiative v. Guilt - correct answer ✔✔Erikson's 3rd stage
Industry v. Inferiority - correct answer ✔✔Erikson's 4th stage
Identity v. Identity Confusion - correct answer ✔✔Erikson's 5th stage
Intimacy v. Isolation - correct answer ✔✔Erickson's 6th stage
Final (Santrock) fully solved
Freud's second stage - correct answer ✔✔Anal stage- Child's pleasure focuses on
the anus 1 1/2 to 3 years.
proximodistal pattern - correct answer ✔✔Developmental sequence in which
growth starts at the center of the body and moves toward the extremities.
Memory - correct answer ✔✔A central feature of cognitive development,
pertaining to all situations in which an individual retains information over time.
sucking reflex - correct answer ✔✔A newborn's built-in reaction to automatically
suck an object placed in its mouth.
development - correct answer ✔✔The pattern of change that begins at
conception and continues through the life span. Involves growth, although it also
includes decline brought on by aging and dying.
normative age-graded influences - correct answer ✔✔Influences that are similar
for individuals in a particular age group. Examples are puberty, menopause,
retirement.
normative history-graded influences - correct answer ✔✔Influences that are
common to people of a particular generation because of historical circumstances.
,non-normative life events - correct answer ✔✔Unusual occurrences that have a
major impact on the lives of individual people. (Ex. Death of a parent when a
child, pregnancy in early adolescence)
Chronological age - correct answer ✔✔is the number of years that have elapsed
since birth
Biological age - correct answer ✔✔Is a person's age in terms of biological age in
terms of the biological health. involves knowing the functional capacities of a
person's vital organs.
Psychological age - correct answer ✔✔an individual's adaptive capacities
compared with those of other individuals of the same chronological age
Social Age - correct answer ✔✔connectedness with others and the social roles
individuals adopt
nature-nurture issue - correct answer ✔✔the controversy over the relative
contributions of biology and experience
stability-change issue - correct answer ✔✔the degree to which early traits and
characteristics persist through life or change
Continuity and discontinuity - correct answer ✔✔focuses on whether the changes
people undergo over the life span are gradual or abrupt
psychoanalytic theory - correct answer ✔✔Theories that describe development as
primarily unconscious and heavily colored by emotion. (i.e. Frued)
, Frued's Theory - correct answer ✔✔Theorized that patients problems were the
result of experiences early in life. Focus of pleasure and sexual impulses shift from
he mouth to the anus and eventually to the genitals.
Oral Stage - correct answer ✔✔Infant's pleasure center's on the mouth
Phallic Stage - correct answer ✔✔Child's pleasure focuses on the genitals
Latency Stage - correct answer ✔✔child represses sexual interest and develops
social and intellectual skills (6 years to puberty)
Genital Stage - correct answer ✔✔a time of sexual reawakening; source of sexual
pleasure becomes someone outside the family (puberty onward)
Trust v. Mistrust - correct answer ✔✔Erikson's first stage
Autonomy v. Shame and Doubt - correct answer ✔✔Erikson's 2nd stage
Initiative v. Guilt - correct answer ✔✔Erikson's 3rd stage
Industry v. Inferiority - correct answer ✔✔Erikson's 4th stage
Identity v. Identity Confusion - correct answer ✔✔Erikson's 5th stage
Intimacy v. Isolation - correct answer ✔✔Erickson's 6th stage
