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