Chapter 9-Lefespan Development

Question 1

How is life span development defined, and how are the three domains of
lifespan development described (physical, cognitive, sociocultural)?

Answer 1

the scientific
study of the changes that occur in people
as they age
 Physical development- growth and changes
in the body and brain, the senses, motor
skills, and health and wellness
 Cognitive Development- learning,
attention, memory, language, thinking,
reasoning, and creativity
 Psychosocial development- emotions,
personality, and social relationships

Question 2

How is the “normative approach” to development described, and how does it relate to developmental milestones?

Question 3

What is the difference between continuous and discontinuous development?

Question 4

What is the relationship between nature (heredity) and nurture
(environment)?

Question 5

What is behavioral genetics, and how does it relate to the creation of human life and overall development?

Question 6

How are the following concepts related to human development defined:
chromosomes, DNA, and genes?

Question 7

What is the difference between a dominant and recessive gene?

Question 8

What is meant by phenotype and genotype, and how do these concepts
relate to genetic development?

Question 9

What does the dominant-recessive genes principle propose?

Question 10

How do the following theories of lifespan development explain the process of development:
Freud’s Psychosexual, Erikson’s Psychosocial, Piaget’s
Cognitive, Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Cognitive?

Question 11

How are the following terms defined: ovum, fertilization, conception, zygote?

Question 12

How do the processes of mitosis and meiosis relate to conception and
development?

Question 13

How are monozygotic, dizygotic, and conjoined twins developed during
pregnancy?

Question 14

How are the three stages/periods of pregnancy described (terminal,
embryonic, and fetal), and how do the following terms relate to the stages: embryo, critical period, teratogen, fetus?

Question 15

What are some of the physical characteristics that develop during infancy
and childhood (weight, reflexes, senses, speed of growth, length)?

Question 16

How are gross and fine motor skills described?

Question 17

How does cognitive development progress through infancy and childhood?
What are some of the major cognitive milestones?

Question 18

How does language develop during infancy and childhood?

Question 19

What are some of the major milestones associated with psychosocial
development in infancy and early childhood?

Question 20

How do Harlow, Bowlby, and Ainsworth describe attachment development
during infancy?

Question 21

What are the four parenting styles identified by Baumrind, and how is each described?

Question 22

What are the three types of temperament that develop during infancy and childhood? How is each type described?

Question 23

How are adolescence and puberty defined?

Question 24

What are some physical changes that occur during adolescence, including
the development of primary and secondary sex characteristics?

Question 25

What are some cognitive and psychosocial changes that occur during
adolescence, including “adolescent egocentrism”?

Question 26

What is emerging adulthood, and what are some “markers” of adulthood?

Question 27

What are some of the physical and cognitive changes that occur during
adulthood and aging?

Question 28

How are the following theories of psychosocial development described:
activity theory, socioemotional selectivity theory, selective optimization with
compensation theory?

Question 29

What are the stages of death and dying introduced by Kubler-Ross, and how is each stage described?