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LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT FINAL
(STRAIGHTERLINE) 2025 UPDATED
ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS.
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
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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
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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
emerging adulthood - correct answer- 18 to 25 years
early adulthood - correct answer- 20s and 30s
middle adulthood - correct answer- 40s and 50s
LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT FINAL
(STRAIGHTERLINE) 2025 UPDATED
ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS.
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
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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
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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
emerging adulthood - correct answer- 18 to 25 years
early adulthood - correct answer- 20s and 30s
middle adulthood - correct answer- 40s and 50s
