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Test bank For Chapter 1 (Essentials of Lifespan Development)19th Edition by John Santrock
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Test bank For Chapter 1 (Essentials ofLifespan Development)19th Edition by
John Santrock
Continuity-discontinuity Issue - ANSFocuses on the extent to which development involves
gradual, cumulative change or distinct stages.
Cross-sectional Approach - ANSA research strategy in which individuals of different ages are
compared simultaneously.
Development - ANSPattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues
through the human life span.
Ethology - ANSStudy of behavior as it is strongly influenced by biology, tied to evolution, and
characterized by critical or sensitive periods.
Information-processing theory - ANSEmphasizes that individuals manipulate information,
monitor it, and strategize about it.
Life-saving perspective - ANSThe perspective thay development t is lifelong, multidimensional,
multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual; it involves growth, maintenance, and
regulation.
Longitudinal Approach - ANSA research strategy in which the same individuals are studied
repeatedly over a period of time, usually several years or more.
Nature-nurture Isssue - ANSRefers to the debate about whether development is primarily
influenced by what we are born with or by our environmental experiences as we grow.
Psychoanalytic Theory - ANSDescribes development as primarily unconscious and heavily
colored by emotion.
Social Cognitive Theory - ANSEmphasizes behavior, environment, and cognition as the key
factors in development.
Traditional Approach to life-saving perspective - ANSEmphasizes extensive change from birth to
adolescence, little to no change in adulthood, and decline in old age.
, Life-saving approach to development - ANSEmphasizes developmental change throughout
adulthood as well as childhood.
Human Life Span - ANSBased on oldest age documented --122 yrs.
Life expectancy - ANSAverage number of years that a person born in a particular year can
expect to live.
INCREASED By 30 years in the 20th century.
Life-saving perspective views development as? - ANSLifelong
Multidimensional
Multidirectional
Plastic
Multidisciplinary
Contexual
Normative Age-graded Influences - ANSSimilar for individuals In a particular age group.
(Menopause)
Normative History-graded Influences - ANSCommon to ppl of a particular generation because of
historical circumstances.
(9/11)
Non-normstive or Highly Individualized Life Events - ANSAre personal and do not happen to all
people.
Contemporary concerns of life span development - ANSHealth and Well Being
(Improve well being)
Parenting and Education
(Problems in US schools)
Sociocultural Contexts and Diversity
(Ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender)
Social policy - ANSA govnt course of action designed to promote the welfare of its citizens.
Developmental psychologists research effects of got policies and make suggestions to improve
got policies.
What are the 3 developmental processes? - ANSBiological
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