2A - Development

Question 1

Development

Answer 1

-changes in an individual’s social, emotional and cognitive abilities from infancy through to old age

Question 2

Psychological development

Answer 2

changes in an organism (human or animal) that occur over time

Question 3

Emotional Development

Answer 3

-Changes in how an individual experiences different feelings and how these feeling are expressed.

Question 4

Cognitive Development

Answer 4

involves changes in an individual’s mental abilities.

e.g reasoning, problem-solving, decision-making, perception, learning, memory and use of language.

Question 5

Social Development

Answer 5

-changes in an individual’s relationships with other people and their skills in interacting with others

e.g the ability to form and maintain close relationships with others in a group situation

Question 6

Stages of Lifespan

Answer 6

Infancy: Birth -2 years

Childhood: 2-12 years

Adolescence: 12-20 years

Early Adulthood: 20-40 years

Middle Age: 40 -65 years

Older Age: 65+

Question 7

Development norms

Answer 7

-The typical characteristics or abilities and expected levels of achievement with a particular age or stage of development.

-describe average developmental tendencies but do not explain them.

Question 8

How are Norms developed

Answer 8

Developed by adding up measurements of characteristics from a large representative sample