Life-Span Development Final (Straighterline)
Questions With Complete Solutions
Development - ANSWER-pattern of change beginning at conception and
continuing throughout the life span
Ex: growth and decline
Life-span perspective - ANSWER-involves growth, maintenance, and regulation.
average life expectancy - ANSWER-79 years
culture - ANSWER-interactions, behavior patterns, beliefs, and all other products
of a group passed on from generation to generation
cross-cultural studies - ANSWER-comparing aspects of cultures to gain information
about their developmental similarities
ethnicity - ANSWER-Based on cultural heritage, nationality characteristics, race,
religion, and language
socioeconomic status - ANSWER-grouping of people with similar occupational,
educational, and economic characteristics
, gender - ANSWER-characteristics of people as males, females, or transgender, and
sociocultural challenges
social policy - ANSWER-a national government's course of action designed to
promote the welfare of its citizens
biological processes - ANSWER-changes in an individual's physical nature
cognitive processes - ANSWER-changes in an individual's thought, intelligence,
and language
socioemotional processes - ANSWER-changes in an individual's relationships,
emotions, and personality
prenatal period - ANSWER-conception to birth
infancy - ANSWER-birth to 18 to 24 months
early childhood - ANSWER-3 to 5 years
middle and late childhood - ANSWER-6 to 10 or 11 years old
adolescence - ANSWER-10 to 12 to 18 to 21 years old
Questions With Complete Solutions
Development - ANSWER-pattern of change beginning at conception and
continuing throughout the life span
Ex: growth and decline
Life-span perspective - ANSWER-involves growth, maintenance, and regulation.
average life expectancy - ANSWER-79 years
culture - ANSWER-interactions, behavior patterns, beliefs, and all other products
of a group passed on from generation to generation
cross-cultural studies - ANSWER-comparing aspects of cultures to gain information
about their developmental similarities
ethnicity - ANSWER-Based on cultural heritage, nationality characteristics, race,
religion, and language
socioeconomic status - ANSWER-grouping of people with similar occupational,
educational, and economic characteristics
, gender - ANSWER-characteristics of people as males, females, or transgender, and
sociocultural challenges
social policy - ANSWER-a national government's course of action designed to
promote the welfare of its citizens
biological processes - ANSWER-changes in an individual's physical nature
cognitive processes - ANSWER-changes in an individual's thought, intelligence,
and language
socioemotional processes - ANSWER-changes in an individual's relationships,
emotions, and personality
prenatal period - ANSWER-conception to birth
infancy - ANSWER-birth to 18 to 24 months
early childhood - ANSWER-3 to 5 years
middle and late childhood - ANSWER-6 to 10 or 11 years old
adolescence - ANSWER-10 to 12 to 18 to 21 years old
