WVU Psych 241 Module 1 2025/2026
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human development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the scientific study of the changes
that occur in people as they age from conception until death
biological processes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔changes in an individual's physical
nature (ex. getting taller)
cognitive processes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔changes in an individual's thought,
intelligence, and language (ex. learning how to add and subtract)
socioemotional processes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔changes in an individual's
relationships with other people, emotions, and personality (ex. making best
friends)
, traditional lifespan approach - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔extensive change till
adolescence, little to no change in adulthood, decline in old age
lifespan approach - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the view that development is a process
that continues from birth to death
periods of life-span development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔prenatal, infancy and
toddlerhood, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, emerging
adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood
chronological age - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔number of years since birth
biological age - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A person's age in terms of biological health
(how healthy are you?)
psychological age - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an individual's adaptive capacities
compared with those of other individuals of the same chronological age
social age - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔society's age expectations (maturity level)
life span - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The longest period of life reached by a human
(122 years)
life expectancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A figure indicating how long, on average,
a person may be expected to live
Exam Questions with 100% Correct
Answers | Latest Update
human development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the scientific study of the changes
that occur in people as they age from conception until death
biological processes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔changes in an individual's physical
nature (ex. getting taller)
cognitive processes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔changes in an individual's thought,
intelligence, and language (ex. learning how to add and subtract)
socioemotional processes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔changes in an individual's
relationships with other people, emotions, and personality (ex. making best
friends)
, traditional lifespan approach - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔extensive change till
adolescence, little to no change in adulthood, decline in old age
lifespan approach - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the view that development is a process
that continues from birth to death
periods of life-span development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔prenatal, infancy and
toddlerhood, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, emerging
adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood
chronological age - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔number of years since birth
biological age - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A person's age in terms of biological health
(how healthy are you?)
psychological age - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an individual's adaptive capacities
compared with those of other individuals of the same chronological age
social age - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔society's age expectations (maturity level)
life span - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The longest period of life reached by a human
(122 years)
life expectancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A figure indicating how long, on average,
a person may be expected to live
