Chapter 1: The Life-Span Perspective Flashcards
Pattern of change that begins at conception and continues through the life span.
Development
The perspective that development is lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual; involves growth, maintenance, and regulation; and is constructed through biological, sociocultural, and individual factors working together.
Life-Span Perspective
Average number of years that a person born in a
particular year can expect to live.
Life Expectancy
In the life-span perspective, early adulthood is not the end-point of development.
Development Is Lifelong
No matter what your age might be, your body, mind, emotions, and relationships are changing and affecting each other.
Development is Multidimensional
Throughout life, some dimensions or components of a dimension expand and other shrink.
Development is Multidirectional
Means the capacity for change
Development is Plastic
Psychologist, sociologist, anthropologists, neuroscientist, and medical researchers all share an interest in unlocking the mysteries of development through the life span.
Developmental Science is Multidisciplinary
All development occurs within a context, or setting.
Development is Contextual
Influences that are similar for individuals in a particular age group.
Normative age-graded influences
Influences that are common to people of a particular generation because of historical circumstances.
Normative history-graded influence
Unusual occurrences that have a major impact on the lives of individual people.
Nonnormative life events
Mystery of life often involves conflicts and competition among three goals of human development (Baltes and his colleagues, 2006).
Development Involves Growth, Maintenance, and Regulation of Loss
Development is a co-construction of biological, cultural, and individual factors working together.
Development Is a Co-construction of Biology, Culture, and the Individual
Health professionals today recognize the powerful influences of lifestyles and psychological states on ________ and _______
Health and Well-Being
Adult typically face more losses in _____ ___ than earlier in life.
Middle Age
What effect might ______ have on children’s and older adults’ ability to process information?
Exercise
The behavior patterns, beliefs, and all other products of a group that are passed on from generation to generation.
Culture
Comparison of one culture with one or more other cultures. These provide information about the degree which development is similar, or universal, across cultures, and the degree to which it is culture-specific.
Cross-cultural studies
A characteristic based on cultural heritage, nationality characteristics, race, religion, and language.
Ethnicity
Refers to the grouping of people with similar occupational, education, and economic characteristics.
Socioeconomic status (SES)
The characteristics of people as males or females.
Gender
A national government’s course of action designed to promote the welfare of its citizens.
Social Policy