Chapter 1 (Essentials of Lifespan
Development) Test Bank All Quizzes
Solved Correct.
Continuity-discontinuity Issue - Answer Focuses on the extent to which development involves
gradual, cumulative change or distinct stages.
Cross-sectional Approach - Answer A research strategy in which individuals of different ages
are compared simultaneously.
Development - Answer Pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and
continues through the human life span.
Ethology - Answer Study of behavior as it is strongly influenced by biology, tied to evolution,
and characterized by critical or sensitive periods.
Information-processing theory - Answer Emphasizes that individuals manipulate information,
monitor it, and strategize about it.
Life-saving perspective - Answer The perspective thay development t is lifelong,
multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual; it involves growth,
maintenance, and regulation.
Longitudinal Approach - Answer A research strategy in which the same individuals are studied
repeatedly over a period of time, usually several years or more.
Nature-nurture Isssue - Answer Refers to the debate about whether development is primarily
influenced by what we are born with or by our environmental experiences as we grow.
Psychoanalytic Theory - Answer Describes development as primarily unconscious and heavily
colored by emotion.
Social Cognitive Theory - Answer Emphasizes behavior, environment, and cognition as the key
factors in development.
, Life-saving approach to development - Answer Emphasizes developmental change throughout
adulthood as well as childhood.
Human Life Span - Answer Based on oldest age documented --122 yrs.
Life expectancy - Answer Average number of years that a person born in a particular year can
expect to live.
INCREASED By 30 years in the 20th century.
Life-saving perspective views development as? - Answer Lifelong
Multidimensional
Multidirectional
Plastic
Multidisciplinary
Contexual
Normative Age-graded Influences - Answer Similar for individuals In a particular age group.
(Menopause)
Normative History-graded Influences - Answer Common to ppl of a particular generation
because of historical circumstances.
(9/11)
Non-normstive or Highly Individualized Life Events - Answer Are personal and do not happen
to all people.
Contemporary concerns of life span development - Answer Health and Well Being
(Improve well being)
Development) Test Bank All Quizzes
Solved Correct.
Continuity-discontinuity Issue - Answer Focuses on the extent to which development involves
gradual, cumulative change or distinct stages.
Cross-sectional Approach - Answer A research strategy in which individuals of different ages
are compared simultaneously.
Development - Answer Pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and
continues through the human life span.
Ethology - Answer Study of behavior as it is strongly influenced by biology, tied to evolution,
and characterized by critical or sensitive periods.
Information-processing theory - Answer Emphasizes that individuals manipulate information,
monitor it, and strategize about it.
Life-saving perspective - Answer The perspective thay development t is lifelong,
multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual; it involves growth,
maintenance, and regulation.
Longitudinal Approach - Answer A research strategy in which the same individuals are studied
repeatedly over a period of time, usually several years or more.
Nature-nurture Isssue - Answer Refers to the debate about whether development is primarily
influenced by what we are born with or by our environmental experiences as we grow.
Psychoanalytic Theory - Answer Describes development as primarily unconscious and heavily
colored by emotion.
Social Cognitive Theory - Answer Emphasizes behavior, environment, and cognition as the key
factors in development.
, Life-saving approach to development - Answer Emphasizes developmental change throughout
adulthood as well as childhood.
Human Life Span - Answer Based on oldest age documented --122 yrs.
Life expectancy - Answer Average number of years that a person born in a particular year can
expect to live.
INCREASED By 30 years in the 20th century.
Life-saving perspective views development as? - Answer Lifelong
Multidimensional
Multidirectional
Plastic
Multidisciplinary
Contexual
Normative Age-graded Influences - Answer Similar for individuals In a particular age group.
(Menopause)
Normative History-graded Influences - Answer Common to ppl of a particular generation
because of historical circumstances.
(9/11)
Non-normstive or Highly Individualized Life Events - Answer Are personal and do not happen
to all people.
Contemporary concerns of life span development - Answer Health and Well Being
(Improve well being)
