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Question 1

lifespan development

Answer 1

field of study

examines patterns of growth, change, stability in behaviour that happens throughout the lifespan

Question 2

T/F lifespan development researchers follow scientific methods when testing their ideas, even though lifespan development is not a scientific discipline

Answer 2

false

it is a scientific discipline, so they follow scientific methods

Question 3

T/F lifespan development only applies to humans

Answer 3

false

although the majority study humans, it can be applied to nonhuman species as well

Question 4

T/F all developments lists view development as a continuing process throughout the lifespan

Answer 4

true

Question 5

what are the 4 topical areas in life siam development?

Answer 5

physical development
cognitive development
personality development
social development

Question 6

physical development

Answer 6

seeing how the body’s makeup (brain, muscles, need for sleep, etc) affects behaviour

Question 7

cognitive development

Answer 7

seeing how growth and change in intellectual capabilities influences a persons behaviour

learning, memory, problem solving, intelligence

Question 8

personality development

Answer 8

study of stability n change in the characteristics that differentiate one person from another over the lifespan

Question 9

social development

Answer 9

the way in which individuals’ interactions w others grow, change, and remain stable over the course of life

Question 10

what area of lifespan development deals with the following situation:

a researcher is looking at the effects of malnutrition on the pace of growth in children

Answer 10

physical development

Question 11

what area of lifespan development deals with the following situation:

a researcher looks at how traumatic experiences from early life are remembered later in life

Answer 11

cognitive development

Question 12

what area of lifespan development deals with the following situation:

a researcher wants to know whether there are stable, enduring personality traits throughout the lifespan

Answer 12

personality development

Question 13

what area of lifespan development deals with the following situation:

a researcher wants to examine the effects of poverty on development

Answer 13

social development

Question 14

what are the usual divisions of the lifespan

Answer 14

prenatal (conception-birth)
infancy (birth-2)
early childhood (2-6)
middle childhood (6-12)
adolescence (12-20)
young adulthood (20-40)
middle adulthood (40-65)
late adulthood (65-death)

Question 15

T/F the usual divisions of the lifespan have a basis in biology

Answer 15

false

they are social constructs, and thus arbitrary

Question 16

T/F ppl mature and reach developmental milestones at diff. points

Answer 16

true

Question 17

cohort

Answer 17

group of ppl born around the same time in the same place

Question 18

history graded influences

Answer 18

biological n environmental influences associated w a particular historical moment

Question 19

age graded influences

Answer 19

biological n environmental influences that r similar for individuals in a particular age group, regardless of when/where they’re raised

Question 20

sociocultural-graded influences

Answer 20

the social n cultural factors present at a particular time for a particular individual, depends on class, ethnicity, subcultural membership

Question 21

what types of influences on development are there?

Answer 21

history graded
age graded
sociocultural graded

Question 22

what type of development influence are cohort effects?

Answer 22

history graded

Question 23

what type of development influence is puberty

Answer 23

age graded

Question 24

what type of development influence is poverty

Answer 24

sociocultural graded

Question 25

continuous change

Answer 25

development is gradual, achievements at one level build on the previous level

Question 26

is continuous change quantitative or qualitative

Answer 26

quantitative

the underlying processes of development stay the same, they just change in amount

Question 27

discontinuous change

Answer 27

development occurs in distinct stages

Question 28

is discontinuous development quantitative or qualitative

Answer 28

qualitative

Question 29

T/F most developmentakists believe development is continuous

Answer 29

false

they think it doesn’t make sense to take an either/or stance

Question 30

critical period

Answer 30

time during development when an event will have its greatest consequences

Question 31

sensitive periods

Answer 31

point in development when organisms r susceptible to certain stimuli in their environment

Question 32

diff between sensitive n critical periods

Answer 32

in sensitive periods, the absence of a stimulus does not always produce irreversible consequences

Question 33

early specialists in lifespan development emphasized ________ periods

Answer 33

critical

Question 34

modern lifespan development specialists spend more time on __________ periods

Answer 34

sensitive

Question 35

what periods of the lifespan did early developmentalists focus on

Answer 35

infancy and adolescence

Question 36

nature

Answer 36

traits, abilities, capacities that r inherited from parents. any factor produced by maturation

Question 37

maturation

Answer 37

the predetermined unfolding of genetic information

Question 38

nurture

Answer 38

environmental influences that shape behaviour

can be biological or social

Question 39

what do developmentalists believe about the nature vs. nature debate?

Answer 39

they refuse to believe that behaviour is due to just one.

Question 40

what should we consider when regarding the nature/nurture debate

Answer 40

the interaction between nature n nurture

Question 41

the time when children start attending school is an example of what kind of influence?

Answer 41

age graded

Question 42

what assumptions do lifespan developmentalists make

Answer 42

1) focus on humans
2) stability + growth
3) development persists until death