Life-Span Development Exam Questions & Answers 100% Verified
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Life-Span Development
development - ANSWER-the pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues through the human life span
traditional approach - ANSWER-emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescence, little to no change in adulthood, and decline in old age
life-span approach - ANSWER-...
Life-Span Development Exam Questions &
Answers 100% Verified
development - ANSWER-the pattern of movement or change that begins at conception
and continues through the human life span
traditional approach - ANSWER-emphasizes extensive change from birth to
adolescence, little to no change in adulthood, and decline in old age
life-span approach - ANSWER-emphasizes developmental change throughout
childhood and adulthood
life span - ANSWER-based on oldest age documented
Currently 122 years
life expectancy - ANSWER-average number of years that a person can expect to live
(currently 78 years)
Life-Span Perspective views development as: - ANSWER-1. Lifelong - no age period is
dominant
2. multidimensional- biological, cognitive, and socioemotional dimensions
3. multidirectional: dimensions expand and shrink
4. plastic- every individual and every trait within each individual, can be altered at any
point in the life span. Change is ongoing, although neither random nor easy is?
5. multidisciplinary- shared by psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists,
neuroscientists, and medical researchers
6. contextual : occurs within a setting
development - ANSWER-involves growth, maintenance, and regulation of loss, a co-
construction of biology, culture, and the individual
What is Human Development concerned with: - ANSWER-1.Health and Well-Being
2. Parenting and Education
3. Sociocultural Contexts and Diversity
Culture, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Gender
4. Social Policy
What are 3 ways to describe the nature of development? - ANSWER-1. Biological:
changes in an individual's physical nature
2. Cognitive: changes in thought, intelligence, and language
3. Socioemotional: changes in relationships with other people, changes in emotions,
and changes in personality
, What are the 7 periods of development? - ANSWER-1. Prenatal period: conception to
birth (9 months)
2. Infancy: birth to 18-24 months
3. Early childhood: 2 to 5-6 years; play years
4. Middle and late childhood: 6-11 yearsAdolescence: from 10-12 to 18-21 years
5. Early adulthood: early 20's through the 30's
6. Middle adulthood: 40-60 years
7. Late adulthood: 60's-70's to death
What are 4 ways to describe age? - ANSWER-1. chronological age (the number)
2. biological age
3. psychological age
4. social age
Developmental Issues - ANSWER-1.Nature and Nurture
2. Stability and Change
3. Continuity and Discontinuity
Five Theoretical Orientations to Development - ANSWER-1. Psychoanalytic
2. Cognitive
3. Behavioral and Social Cognitive
4. Ethological
5. Ecological
Psychoanalytic Theories - ANSWER-Freud's Theory:Focus of sexual impulses changes
throughout development
Erikson's Psychosocial Theory:
Focused on our desire to affiliate with other people
Believed that developmental change occurs throughout the life span
Proposed eight stages of development
Each stage comprises a crisis that must be resolved
Five stages of psychosexual development - ANSWER-1. oral
2. anal
3. phallic
4. latency
5. genital
Erikson's Psychosocial Stages - ANSWER-a theory of eight stages of social
development throughout the lifespan.
1. trust vs. mistrust
2. autonomy vs. doubt
3. initiative vs. guilt
4. competence vs. inferiority
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