Module 1: Developmental (Lifespan) Psych 140 (Portage Learning Online) Study Guide Exam And Actual Answers.
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PSYC 140 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
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PSYC 140 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
How many stages of lifespan development are there? - Answer 8
Name the 8 stages of lifespan development. - Answer 1. Prenatal Development
2. Infancy & Toddlerhood
3. Early Childhood
4. Middle Childhood
5. Adolescence
6. Early Adulthood
7. Middle Adulthood
8. Late Adulthood
Develo...
Module 1: Developmental (Lifespan)
Psych 140 (Portage Learning Online)
Study Guide Exam And Actual Answers.
How many stages of lifespan development are there? - Answer 8
Name the 8 stages of lifespan development. - Answer 1. Prenatal Development
2. Infancy & Toddlerhood
3. Early Childhood
4. Middle Childhood
5. Adolescence
6. Early Adulthood
7. Middle Adulthood
8. Late Adulthood
Development is loosely defined as __________. - Answer Change
Name 4 distinctive features of human development. (4 "kinds" or "ways" of development.) - Answer 1.
Lifelong
2. Multidirectional
3. Multidisciplinary
4. Multidimensional.
Development is __________, meaning that it continuous from birth to death. - Answer Lifelong
Development is ____________, meaning that changes can be good, bad, or both simultaneously; for
example, one could age physically while maturing cognitively. - Answer Multidirectional.
, ___________ is an aspect of multidirectional development; it can describe physical aging or in cognitive
growth. - Answer Maturation
Development is ____________, which means that it is relevant across many professional fields/fields of
study. - Answer Multidisciplinary
Name 3 professional fields where human development is relevant. (Think multidisciplinary) - Answer 1.
Social Sciences 2. Healthcare 3. Education
Development is ______________, meaning that changes occur in many dimensions: Biological, social,
emotional, cognitive, moral. - Answer Multidimensional
Name 3 of the 5 dimensions of human development. (Think multidimensional.) - Answer 1. Biological
2. Social
3. Emotional
4. Cognitive
5. Moral
Name two controversies in human development. - Answer 1. Nurture vs. Nature
2. Continuity vs. Discontinuity
The _________ vs. __________ controversy describes biology vs. social environment to describe why
human beings are the way they are. - Answer Nature vs. Nurture
The ___________ vs. _____________ controversy describes how stages of development occur in human
beings; one theory suggests a distinct end for each stage, the other suggests a gradual flow from stage to
stage. - Answer Continuous vs. Discontinuous
Historically, the __________ model of stage development prevailed. - Answer Discontinuous
A controversy within development, _______________ means that stages of development gradually flow
into each other. - Answer Continuity
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