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LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT CHAPTERS 1-3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
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LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT CHAPTERS 1-3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS W ITH SOLUTIONS 2024 Developmental science - ANSWER A field of study devoted to understanding constancy and change throughout the lifespan Theory - ANSWER An orderly, integrated set of statements that describes, explains, and predicts behavior. Vital bc (1) provide organizing frameworks for our observations of people and (2) theories that are verified by research provide basis for practical a ction Organize theories based on three basic issues - ANSWER (1) Is the course of development continuous or discontinuous? (2) Does one course of development characterize all people or are there many possible courses? (3) What are the roles of genetic and enviro nmental factors -nature and nurture -in development? Continuous - ANSWER A process of gradually augmenting the same types of skills that were there to begin with Discontinuous - ANSWER A process in which new ways of understanding and responding to the world emerge at specific times Stages - ANSWER Qualitative changes in thinking, feeling, and behaving that characterize specific periods of development Contexts - ANSWER Unique combinations of personal and environmental circumstances that can result in different paths of change Nature vs. Nurture - ANSWER Hereditary info we receive from our parents vs. complex forces of the physical and social world that influence our biological makeup and psychological experiences before and after birth Plasticity - ANSWER As open to change in response to influential experiences Lifespan perspective - ANSWER (1) Lifelong, (2) multidimensional and multidirectional, (3) highly plastic, and (4) affected by multiple, interacting forces Multidimensional - ANSWER Affected by an intricate blend of biological, psychological, and social forces Multidirectional - ANSWER (1) Development is not limited to improved performance and (2) change is multidirectional within each domain of development Resilience - ANSWER The ability to adapt effectively in the face of threats to development Age-graded influences - ANSWER Events that are strongly related to age and therefore fairly predictable in when they occur and how long they last History -graded influences - ANSWER Explain why people born around the same time - called a cohort - tend to be alike in ways that set them apart from people born at other times Normative - ANSWER Typical or average bc affects many people in similar way Nonnormative - ANSWER Events that are irregular: they happen to just one person or a few people and do not follow a predictable timetable Normative approach - ANSWER Measures of behavior are taken on large numbers of individuals, and age-related averages are computed to represent typical development Stanford -Binet Intelligence Scale - ANSWER Predict school achievement The Psychoanalytic Perspective - ANSWER How conflicts are resolved determines the person's ability to learn, to get along w others, and to cope w anxiety Freud's psychosexual theory - ANSWER Emphasizes that how parents manage their child's sexual and aggressive drives in the first few years is crucial for healthy personal developmentThe benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
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