Chapter4- Lifespan Development Flashcards
Physical development
Involves changes in the body and it’s various systems
Emotional development
Involves changes in an individual’s feelings and how these feelings are expressed, interpreted and dealt with
Social development
Involves changes in an individual’s relationships with other people and their skill in interacting
Cognitive development
Involves changes in an individual’s mental abilities. Such as processing information, learning
Heredity
Involves the transmission of characteristics from biological parents to their offspring via genes at the time of conception
Environmental factors
All the experiences, objects and events to which we are exposed throughout our entire lifetimes
Continuous development
Involves gradual and ongoing changes
Without sudden shifts
Discontinuous development
Distinct and separate stages
Seems to appear suddenly
Maturation
A process which is automatic and internally programmed
Our brain must be maturationally ready in order to speak fluently
Longitudinal study
Long term investigation over an extended period of time
Cross sectional study
Selects two or more groups of participants of different ages over a short period of time
Cohort Sequential method
Combines longitudinal and cross-sectional studies. And they overlap each other in age
Developmental change
A relatively permanent or lasting change
Twin studies
Monozygotic
Dizygotic
Twin study developmental with psychologists
Psychologists have a better understanding on which characteristics are more likes to influence but environmental factors and which is caused my heredity
