Life-Span Perspective - Answer human development determined by multiple aspects and frameworks
Development - Answer the pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues through the human lifespan (until death)
Traditional Approach - Answer emphasizes extensive ch...
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Life-Span Perspective - Answer human development determined by multiple aspects and frameworks
Development - Answer the pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues
through the human lifespan (until death)
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 the oldest documented age
--> currently 122 years old
Life Expectancy - Answer average number of years that a person can expect to live
--> currently 79 years old
Development: General - Answer -development involves growth, maintenance, and regulation of loss
-development is a co-construction of biology, culture, and the individual
-development is lifelong and multi-dimensional: biological, cognitive, and socioemotional dimensions
Development: Contemporary Concerns - Answer -health and well being
-parents and education
-sociocultural contexts and diversity
-culture, ethnicity, SES, and gender
-social policy
,Social Policy - Answer helping others, welfare of others, living conditions
-key issues
-amount of supplement
-health care
-poverty
-equal opportunity for education
-maternal mortality rate
-policies that are not being used
-children in poverty
Development: Nature of Development - Answer -biological: changes in an individual's physical nature
-cognitive: changes in thought, intelligence, and language
-socioemotional: changes in relationships with other people, changes in emotions, and changes in
personality
Development: Periods of Development - Answer 1. Prenatal
2. Infancy
3. Early Childhood
4. Middle/Late Childhood
5. Adolescence
6. Early Adulthood
7. Middle Adulthood
8. Late Adulthood
Periods of Development: Prenatal - Answer -conception to birth
-single cell to an organism
Periods of Development: Infancy - Answer -birth to 18-24 months
-dependence upon adults
, -language begins
-sensorimotor coordination
-social learning begins
Periods of Development: Early Childhood - Answer -2 to 5-6; play years
-"preschool years"
-more self sufficient skills development
-learn to follow directions
-identify letters and numbers
-a lot of playing
-1st grade marks the end of early childhood
Periods of Development: Middle and Late Childhood - Answer -6 to 11
-master fundamental skills of reading, writing, and math
-self-control increases
Periods of Development: Adolescence - Answer -from 10-12 to 18-21 years
-rapid physical changes-->
-height and weight
-body shape
-growth of facial and pubic hair
-males voice deepen
-pursuit of independence and identity
Periods of Development: Early Adulthood - Answer -early 20's through the 30's
-establish personal and economic independence
-selecting and mate and starting a family
Periods of Development: Middle Adulthood - Answer -40 to 60 years
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