Lifespan Development Test #1 (chapters 1-6)Questions & Answers(RATED A+)
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Lifespan Development
human development - ANSWERthe way people grow and change across the life span
culture - ANSWERthe total pattern of a group's customs, beliefs, art, and technology
world population growth - ANSWER
total fertility rate - ANSWERthe number of births per woman in a population
developed count...
Lifespan Development Test #1
(chapters 1-6)Questions &
Answers(RATED A+)
human development - ANSWERthe way people grow and change across the life span
culture - ANSWERthe total pattern of a group's customs, beliefs, art, and technology
world population growth - ANSWER
total fertility rate - ANSWERthe number of births per woman in a population
developed countries - ANSWERmost affluent countries in the world (18% of world population)
developing countries - ANSWERless wealth than the developed countries (82%)
reasons that the united states follows a different demographic path - ANSWER1. total fertility rate is
higher than most developed countries
2. allows more LEGAL immigration and also has millions of undocumented immigrants
variations across countries - ANSWER1. 40% of world's population lives on less than $2 per day
2. 80% of world's population lives on a family income of less than $6,000 per year
3. developed countries- 50% go on to tertiary education
4. developing countries- about 20% of children don't complete primary school
individualistic - ANSWERcultural values such and independence and self expression
,collectivistic - ANSWERcultural values such as obedience and group harmony
traditional culture - ANSWERrural culture that adheres more closely to historical traditions than
urban people
globalization - ANSWERincreasing connections between different parts of the world
majority culture - ANSWERsets norms and standards
contexts - ANSWERsettings and circumstances
socioeconomic status (SES) - ANSWERsocial class including educational level, income level, and
occupational status
gender - ANSWERexpectations of male and female roles
ethnicity - ANSWERcultural origin and traditions, race, religion, and language
ontogenetic - ANSWERcharacteristic pattern of individual development in a species
phylogenetic - ANSWERpertaining to the development of a species
Darwin-- The Origin of Species - ANSWERNatural selection
--Young are born with variations of characteristics
--Species change little by little each generation
our evolutionary beginnings - ANSWER--Humans' evolutionary beginning shares ancestry with
chimpanzees and gorillas
, --Human evolutionary line called hominid line
--Hominid line evolved into Homo sapiens
--larger brains, wider pelvis (females), longer dependency, development of tools, control of fire
human development can be understood by understanding what? - ANSWERhuman evolution
evolutionary psychology - ANSWERBranch of psychology that examines how patterns of human
functioning and behavior have resulted from adaptations to evolutionary conditions
development is partially based on - ANSWERevolution
similarities in all three ancient conceptions of development
1. Hindu
2. Greek
3. Jewish Talmud - ANSWER--Youth is for preparation
--Adulthood is for experience
--Old age is for wisdom and peace
the major theories of conceptualizing development - ANSWER--Psychoanalytic theory
Psychosexual - Freud
Psychosocial - Erikson
--Ecological approach
Bronfenbrenner
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