psychology: lifespan Development CORRECT QUESTIONS & ANSWERS!!!
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Lifespan Development
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Lifespan Development
Lifespan Development - ANSWER It is the field of study that examines patterns of growth, change, and stability in behavior that occur throughout the entire lifespan.
Lifespan Development focuses on human development - ANSWER 1) universal principles of development
2) Cultural, Racial, Ethnic dif...
psychology: lifespan Development CORRECT
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS!!!
Lifespan Development - ANSWER It is the field of study that examines patterns of growth, change, and
stability in behavior that occur throughout the entire lifespan.
Lifespan Development focuses on human development - ANSWER 1) universal principles of development
2) Cultural, Racial, Ethnic differences
3) Individual traits & Characteristics
Psychodynamic Theory - ANSWER (Freud/Erikson) Theories proposing that development is largely
determined by how well people resolve conflicts they face at different ages.
Psychosocial Theory - ANSWER (Erikson) Personality development is determined by the internal
maturational plan & external societal demands.
Neuroscience - ANSWER The study of the brain & nervous system. Helps with understanding brain-
behavior relationships.
physical development - ANSWER Involves the body's physical makeup, including the brain, nervous
system, muscles, and senses, and the need for food, drink, and sleep as a determinant of behavior.
Cognitive Development - ANSWER Involves the ways that growth and change in learning, memory,
problem solvinf, and intelligence influence a person's behavior.
Personality Development - ANSWER Involves the ways that the enduring characteristics that differentiate
one person from another change over the lifespan.
social Development - ANSWER Is the way in which individual's interactions with others and their social
relationships grow, change, and remain stable over the course of life.
, Social Construction - ANSWER Is a shared notion of reality, one that is widely accepted but is a function
of society and culture at a given time.
Developmental Diversity - ANSWER It is how Culture, Ethnicity, and Race Influence Development.
dizygotic twins - ANSWER twins who are produced when two separate ova are fertilized by two separate
sperm at roughly the same time
teratogen - ANSWER a factor that produces a birth defect
germinal stage - ANSWER characterized by methodical cell division and attachment of blastocyst to
uteran wall; called a zygote; first two weeks following conception
embryonic stage - ANSWER 2-8 weeks following fertilization; called an embryo; 3 layers; ectoderm,
endoderm, mesode
fetal stage - ANSWER 8 weeks-birth; called a fetus; increases in size dramatically; organs differentiated
and operational
neonate - ANSWER term used for newborns
first stage of labor - ANSWER longest stage, uterine contractions occur every 8-10 minutes and last about
30 seconds
second stage of labor - ANSWER head travels through birth canal, lasts 90 min., after each contraction
the babies' head emerges, episiotomy is sometimes made, baby is born
third stage of labor - ANSWER shortest stage, mother gives birth to placenta and umbilical cord
oxytocin - ANSWER a critical hormone released by the mother's pituitary gland and when concentration
become high enough, mother's uterus begins periodic contractions
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