Lifespan Development (Exam #1
Chapters 1 and 2)100% Accurate!!
How is lifespan development defined? - ANSWERSdevelopment throughout childhood and adulthood
What is the difference between the traditional and lifespan views of development? - ANSWERS______
view:
development throughout infancy, childhood and adolescence. No change in adulthood or old age
______ view:
development throughout childhood and adulthood
Why have we seen an increase in life expectancy during the 20th century? - ANSWERSbetter technology
and medicine
What are the three domains of development? - ANSWERSPhysical/Biological
Cognitive
Social/Socioemotional
Besides chronological age what the other conceptions of age? - ANSWERSBiological: age in terms of
biological health/vital organ functioning
Psychological: individual's adaptive capacities; ability to think clearly/flexibility
Social: connectedness with others and social roles and expectations related to one's age
What are the three development issues? - ANSWERSnature vs nurture
stability and change
continuity and discontinuity
, What is the psychoanalytic perspective on development? Know the general viewpoint of the
psychoanalysts as well as the specific theories proposed by Freud and Erikson. (Note: you do not have to
know their stages in detail.) - ANSWERSPsychoanalytic theories:
Describe development in terms of unconscious emotional processes
Freud Psychosexual Theory:
Five stages of psychosexual development - how we resolve each stages dictate personality
Erikson Psychosocial Theory:
Motivation for human behavior is social and reflects a desire to affiliate with others
Occurs throughout the lifespan
Eight stages - each represents a development "crisis"
What is the behaviorist perspective of development? - ANSWERSDevelopment is explained in terms and
behaviors learned through interactions, focus on observable events
Skinner's operant conditioning: consequences of a behavior influence the likelihood of repeat behavior
Also Pavlov and Watson:
Classical conditioning
Work with dogs can also be applied to humans
What is social learning theory? - ANSWERSDevelopment is a function of behavior, environment, and
person/cognitive factors
What is ethological theory? - ANSWERSStress behavior is strongly influenced by biology
Tied to evolution - survival of the fittest
Explain Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, including each individual system (with examples). -
ANSWERSEcology: the relationship between groups of living things and their environments
Emphasis here is on environment systems
microsystem: most immediate to us, palce whrer we experience our daily lives
mesosystem: "middle" interconnection between microsystem Ex: homelife
exosystem: societal institutions that affect is (development)
macrosystem: furthest away broad system of Cultural Beliefs and values
Chapters 1 and 2)100% Accurate!!
How is lifespan development defined? - ANSWERSdevelopment throughout childhood and adulthood
What is the difference between the traditional and lifespan views of development? - ANSWERS______
view:
development throughout infancy, childhood and adolescence. No change in adulthood or old age
______ view:
development throughout childhood and adulthood
Why have we seen an increase in life expectancy during the 20th century? - ANSWERSbetter technology
and medicine
What are the three domains of development? - ANSWERSPhysical/Biological
Cognitive
Social/Socioemotional
Besides chronological age what the other conceptions of age? - ANSWERSBiological: age in terms of
biological health/vital organ functioning
Psychological: individual's adaptive capacities; ability to think clearly/flexibility
Social: connectedness with others and social roles and expectations related to one's age
What are the three development issues? - ANSWERSnature vs nurture
stability and change
continuity and discontinuity
, What is the psychoanalytic perspective on development? Know the general viewpoint of the
psychoanalysts as well as the specific theories proposed by Freud and Erikson. (Note: you do not have to
know their stages in detail.) - ANSWERSPsychoanalytic theories:
Describe development in terms of unconscious emotional processes
Freud Psychosexual Theory:
Five stages of psychosexual development - how we resolve each stages dictate personality
Erikson Psychosocial Theory:
Motivation for human behavior is social and reflects a desire to affiliate with others
Occurs throughout the lifespan
Eight stages - each represents a development "crisis"
What is the behaviorist perspective of development? - ANSWERSDevelopment is explained in terms and
behaviors learned through interactions, focus on observable events
Skinner's operant conditioning: consequences of a behavior influence the likelihood of repeat behavior
Also Pavlov and Watson:
Classical conditioning
Work with dogs can also be applied to humans
What is social learning theory? - ANSWERSDevelopment is a function of behavior, environment, and
person/cognitive factors
What is ethological theory? - ANSWERSStress behavior is strongly influenced by biology
Tied to evolution - survival of the fittest
Explain Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, including each individual system (with examples). -
ANSWERSEcology: the relationship between groups of living things and their environments
Emphasis here is on environment systems
microsystem: most immediate to us, palce whrer we experience our daily lives
mesosystem: "middle" interconnection between microsystem Ex: homelife
exosystem: societal institutions that affect is (development)
macrosystem: furthest away broad system of Cultural Beliefs and values
