Lifespan Development (Exam #1 Chapters 1 and 2)
How is lifespan development defined? - Correct Answers-development throughout childhood
and adulthood
What is the difference between the traditional and lifespan views of development? - Correct
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? - Correct Answers-
better technology and medicine
What are the three domains of development? - Correct Answers-Physical/Biological
Cognitive
Social/Socioemotional
Besides chronological age what the other conceptions of age? - Correct Answers-Biological: 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? - Correct Answers-nature 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.) - Correct Answers-Psychoanalytic 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
How is lifespan development defined? - Correct Answers-development throughout childhood
and adulthood
What is the difference between the traditional and lifespan views of development? - Correct
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? - Correct Answers-
better technology and medicine
What are the three domains of development? - Correct Answers-Physical/Biological
Cognitive
Social/Socioemotional
Besides chronological age what the other conceptions of age? - Correct Answers-Biological: 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? - Correct Answers-nature 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.) - Correct Answers-Psychoanalytic 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
