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Life-Span Development Final(Straighterline)
Development - ANS pattern of change beginning at conception and continuing throughout the
lifespan
Ex: growth and decline
Life-span perspective - ANS involves growth, maintenance, and regulation.
average life expectancy - ANS 79 years
culture - ANS interactions, behavior patterns, beliefs, and all other products of a group passed
on from generation to generation
cross-cultural studies - ANS comparing aspects of cultures to gain information about their
developmental similarities
ethnicity - ANS Based on cultural heritage, nationality characteristics, race, religion, and
language
socioeconomic status - ANS grouping of people with similar occupational, educational, and
economic characteristics
gender - ANS characteristics of people as males, females, or transgender, and sociocultural
challenges
social policy - ANS a national government's course of action designed to promote the welfare of
its citizens
biological processes - ANS changes in an individual's physical nature
cognitive processes - ANS changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and language
socioemotional processes - ANS changes in an individual's relationships, emotions, and
personality
prenatal period - ANS conception to birth
infancy - ANS birth to 18 to 24 months
, early childhood - ANS 3 to 5 years
middle and late childhood - ANS 6 to 10 or 11 years old
adolescence - ANS 10 to 12 to 18 to 21 years old
emerging adulthood - ANS 18 to 25 years
early adulthood - ANS 20s and 30s
middle adulthood - ANS 40s and 50s
late adulthood - ANS 60s to 70s to death
first age - ANS childhood and adolescence
second age - ANS Prime adulthood, ages 20 through 59
third age - ANS Approximately 60 to 79 years of age
fourth age - ANS Approximately 80 years and older
normal aging - ANS describes most individuals with psychological functioning peaking early
middle age
pathological age - ANS describes individuals with above average decline in early old age,
developing a condition leading to mild cognitive impairment
successful aging - ANS describes individuals maintaining positive physical, cognitive, and
socioemotional development longer in life.
nature vs nurture - ANS organisms biological inheritance vs environmental experiences
Freudian development: oral stage - ANS birth to 1.5 years; infant's pleasure centers on the
mouth
freudian development: anal stage - ANS 1.5 to 3 years; child's pleasure focuses on the anus
freudian development: phallic stage - ANS 3 to 6 years; child's pleasure focuses on the genitals
freudian development: latency stage - ANS 6 years to puberty; child represses sexual interest
and develops social and intellectual skills
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