Ch 1 - Contemporary Concerns in Life-Span Development

Question 1

Contemporary Concerns in Life-Span Development

Answer 1

(1) Health and Well-Being
(2) Parenting and Education
(3) Sociocultural Contexts and Diversity
(4) Social policy

Question 2

Health and Well-Being

Answer 2

clinical psychologists may specialize in a particular age group, such as children (child clinical psychologist) or older adults (geropsychologist)

Question 3

child clinical psychologist

Answer 3

children

Question 4

geropsychologist

Answer 4

older adults

Question 5

Sociocultural Contexts and Diversity

Answer 5

health, parenting, education shaped by sociocultural
1- Culture
2- Cross-cultural studies
3- Ethnicity
4- Socioeconomic status
5- Gender

Question 6

culture

Answer 6

encompasses the behavior patterns, beliefs, and all other products of a particular group of people that are passed on from generation to generation

Question 7

cross-cultural studies

Answer 7

compare aspects of two or more cultures. provides information about the degree to which development is similar, or universal, across cultures, or is instead culture-specific

Question 8

ethnicity

Answer 8

“nation” - rooted in cultural heritage, nationality, race, religion, and language.

Question 9

socioeconomic status

Answer 9

person’s position within society based on occupational, educational, and economic characteristics. implies certain inequalities. Differences in the ability to control resources and to participate in society’s rewards produce unequal opportunities

Question 10

gender

Answer 10

Few aspects of our development are more central to our identity and social relationships than gender

Question 11

Social policy

Answer 11

Government’s course of action designed to promote the welfare of its citizens. Values, economics, and politics all shape a nation’s social policy