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ASU Chapter 1: Introduction Flashcards

1
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Provide at least one (1) importance of studying Life-span Development

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  • Prepares individual to take responsibility for children
  • Gives insight about individual’s lives
  • Provides knowledge about what individuals’ lives will be like as they age
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Pattern of change that begins at conception and continues through lifespan.

Involves growth as well as decline brought on by aging and dying.

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Development

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Constructed through biological, sociocultural, and individual factors working together.

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Life-span perspective

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Upper boundary of the human lifespan is ____ years.

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122

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What is the average life expectancy?

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79 years

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TRUE or FALSE: There are currently more people over 60 than under 15

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TRUE

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TRUE or FALSE: Society is NOT reflective of the needs of younger individuals

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FALSE ; it is

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Provide at least 3 characteristics of the Life-Span Perspective

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Development is/involves:
- Lifelong
- Multidimensional
- Multidirectional
- Plastic
- Multidisciplinary
- Contextual
- Growth, maintenance and regulation of loss
- Co-construction of biology, culture, and individual

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TYPES OF CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCES: Form of influence similar for individuals in a particular age group

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Normative age-graded influences

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TYPES OF CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCES: Form of influence common to people of a particular generation because of historical circumstances

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Normative history-graded influences

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TYPES OF CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCES: Form of influence involving unusual occurences that have a major impact on an individual’s life.

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Nonnormative life events

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What are the 4 contemporary concerns under the Life-span Perspective?

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  • Health and well-being
  • Parenting and education
  • Sociocultural contexts and diversity
  • Social Policy
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Behavior patterns, beliefs, and all other products of a group that are passed on from generation to generation

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Culture

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A type of study involving a comparison of one culture with one or more cultures.

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Cross-cultural studies

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Based on cultural heritage, nationality, characteristics, race, religion and language

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Ethnicity

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Grouping of people with similar occupational, educational and economic characteristics.

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Socioeconomic Status

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Characteristics of people as males or females

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Gender

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National government’s course of action designed to promote the welfare of its citizens

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Social Policy

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Enumerate the 3 processes under the Nature of Development

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  • Biological
  • Cognitive
  • Socioemotional
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A process under the Nature of Development that includes changes in an individual’s physical nature.

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Biological Processes

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A process under the Nature of Development that includes an individual’s thought, intelligence, and language

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Cognitive Processes

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A process under the Nature of Development that involves changes in an individual’s relationships with other people, emotions and personality.

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Socioemotional Processes

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TRUE or FALSE: Are the biological, cognitive and socioemotional processes bidirectional and inextricably intertwined?

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TRUE

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A form of neuroscience that explores links between development, cognitive processes, and the brain.

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Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

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A form of neuroscience that examines connections between socioemotional processes, development, and the brain

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Developmental Social Neuroscience

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Refers to a time frame in a person’s life that is characterized by certain features

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Developmental Period

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Enumerate the eight (8) Periods of Development

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  • Prenatal Period
  • Infancy
  • Early Childhood
  • Middle and Late Childhood
  • Adolescence
  • Early Adulthood
  • Middle Adulthood
  • Late Adulthood
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What is the age range of the Prenatal Period under the Periods of Development?

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Conception to Birth

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What is the age range of Infancy under the Periods of Development?

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Birth to 18-24 Months

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What is the age range of Early Childhood under the Periods of Development?

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3-5 Years Old

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What is the age range of Middle and Late Childhood under the Periods of Development?

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6-10/11 Years Old

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What is the age range of Adolescence under the Periods of Development?

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10-12 to 18-21 Years Old

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What is the age range of Early Adulthood under the Periods of Development?

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20s and 30s

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What is the age range of Middle Adulthood under the Periods of Development?

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40s and 50s

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What is the age range of Late Adulthood under the Periods of Development?

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60s-70s till Death

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Those who focus on adult development and aging typically describe life-span in terms of?

37
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Under the Four Ages, this age contains Childhood and Adolescence

38
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Under the Four Ages, this age contains Prime Adulthood (ages 20 through 59)

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Second Age

39
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Under the Four Ages, this age contains people of ages approximately 60 to 79

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Under the Four Ages, this age contains people of ages approximately 80 years and older

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Fourth Age

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TRUE or FALSE: Development in one period is NOT connected to development in another period

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A form of aging that characterizes most individuals

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Normal Aging

43
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A form of aging that characterizes those who show greater than average decline

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Pathological Aging

44
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A form of aging whose positive development is maintained longer

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Successful Aging

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What are the 3 Developmental Patterns of Aging?

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Normal, Pathological and Successful

46
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Age describing number of years that have elapsed since birth

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Chronological Age

47
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Age in terms of biological health

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Biological Age

48
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Age that describes an individual’s adaptive capacities compared with those of other individuals of the same chronological age

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Psychological Age

49
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Age that describes a connectedness with others and the social roles individuals adopt

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Social Age

50
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A form of Developmental Issue wherein it is a debate about whether development is primarily influenced by nature or nurture

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Nature-nurture Issue

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An organism’s biological inheritance

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One’s environmental experiences

53
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A form of Developmental Issue wherein it is a debate about whether an individual becomes an older rendition of their early experience or develops into someone different from who they were at an earlier point in development

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Stability-change Issue

54
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A form of Developmental Issue wherein it is a debate about the extent to which development involves gradual, cumulative change or distinct stages

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Continuity-discontinuity Issue

55
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What are the six (6) theories under Theories of Development?

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  • Psychoanalytic
  • Cognitive
  • Behavioral and Social Cognitive
  • Ethological
  • Ecological
  • Eclectic Theoretical Orientation
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An approach that can be used to obtain accurate information

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Scientific Method

57
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The 4 steps under the Scientific Method

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  • Problem Conceptualization
  • Data Collection
  • Conclusion
  • Revision of Conclusion and Theory
58
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Interrelated, coherent set of ideas that help to explain phenomena and facilitate predictions

59
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Specific assumptions and predictions that can be tested to determine their accuracy

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Hypotheses

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PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT: Theory wherein development is primarily unconscious and heavily colored by emotion ; early experiences with parents extensively shape development

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Psychoanalytic Theory

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PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT: A theory that places human development under eight stages. Ex. Intimacy vs. Isolation

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Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory

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COGNITIVE THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT: What are the Four Stages under Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development?

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  • Sensorimotor
  • Preoperational
  • Concrete Operational
  • Formal Operational
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COGNITIVE THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT: Theory that emphasizes how culture and social interaction guide cognitive development.

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Vygotsky’s Theory

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COGNITIVE THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT: Theory that emphasizes that individuals manipulate information, monitor it, and strategize about it

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Information-processing Theory

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BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT: Theory wherein development consists of the pattern of behavioral changes that are brought about by punishment and reward

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Skinner’s Operant Conditioning

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BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT: Theory that emphasizes behavior, environment, and cognition as the key factors in development.

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Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory

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BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT: What are the three interacting factors under Bandura’s Social Cognitive Model?

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  • Behavior
  • Person/Cognitive
  • Environment
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ETHOLOGICAL THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT: Study of behavior that stresses the fact that its strongly influenced by biology, tied to evolution, and is characterized by critical or sensitive periods.

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ETHOLOGICAL THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT: Who helped bring Ethology to prominence?

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Konrad Lorenz

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ETHOLOGICAL THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT: He theorized that attachment to a caregiver over the first year of life has important consequences throughout the lifespan.

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John Bowlby

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TRUE or FALSE: Eclectic Theoretical Orientation follows only one theoretical approach.

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FALSE ; It selects from any theory wherein its considered the best.

72
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Enumerate the 5 Methods for Collecting Data

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  • Observation
  • Survey and Interview
  • Standardized Test
  • Case Study
  • Physiological Measures
73
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Studies that involve observing behavior in real-world settings

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Naturalistic Observation

74
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Enumerate the 3 Research Designs

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  • Descriptive Research
  • Correlational Research
  • Experimental Research
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RESEARCH DESIGNS: Type of research designed to observe and record behavior

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Descriptive Research

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RESEARCH DESIGNS: Type of research used to describe the strength of the relationship between two or more events or characteristics

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Correlational Research

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RESEARCH DESIGNS: A number based on statistical analysis that is used to describe the degree of association between two variables

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Correlation Coefficient

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RESEARCH DESIGNS: Type of research that contains independent and dependent variables as well as experimental and control groups

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Experimental Research

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TIME SPAN OF RESEARCH: A research approach wherein individuals of different ages are compared at one time.

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Cross-sectional Approach

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TIME SPAN OF RESEARCH: A research approach wherein the same individuals are studied over a long period of time, usually several years or more.

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Longitudinal Approach

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TIME SPAN OF RESEARCH: Effects due to a person’s time of birth, era, or generation rather than the person’s actual age.

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Cohort Effects

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A form of ethnic bias wherein it uses an ethnic label in a superficial way that portrays an ethnic group as being more homogenous than it really is.

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Ethnic Gloss

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