Human Growth and Development Key Terms

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This document contains comprehensive exam material for the course Human Growth and Development. It includes a wide range of key terms, definitions, and major theoretical concepts required for test preparation. Topics span the entire lifespan—from infancy to late adulthood—and cover areas such as developmental theories, biological and cognitive growth, social influences, and major psychological perspectives. Designed to help students prepare efficiently for exams, this file serves as a full glossary-style reference covering all essential concepts in developmental psychology.

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Human Growth and Development Key Terms
life stages -
☑️ growth and development experienced by an individual from birth to death

Infancy -
☑️ period of development from birth to one year of age

Early Childhood -
☑️ period of development from one to six years of age

Late Childhood -
☑️ period of development from six to twelve years of age

Adolescence -
☑️ period of development from twelve to twenty years of age

Early adulthood -
☑️ period of development from twenty to forty years of age

Middle adulthood -
☑️ period of development from forty to sixty five years of age

Late adulthood -
☑️ period of development beginning at sixty five years of age and ending with death

Physical -
☑️ refer to body growth and includes height/weight, muscle/nerve development, body organ
changes

Mental -
☑️ refers to development of the mind and includes learning how to solve problems and make
judgements

Emotional -
☑️ refers to feelings and includes dealing with love, hate, joy, fear, excitement and other
feelings

Social -
☑️ refers to interactions and relationships with other people

Puberty -
☑️ period of development during which secondary sexual characteristics begin to develop

Anorexia nervosa -
☑️ psychological disorder involving loss of appetite and excessive weight loss: not a physical
disease

Bulimia -

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