Me 3.2b Physical Development Across the Lifespan: Adolescence and Adulthood

Question 1

lifespan perspective

Answer 1

human development is a lifelong process of change from conception to death.

Question 2

Adolescence

Answer 2

transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence.

Question 3

Puberty

Answer 3

the period of sexual maturation during which a person becomes capable of reproducing.

Question 4

Why are teens emotional?

Answer 4

Limbic systems develop and hormones surge

Question 5

How do teen’s brains develop?

Answer 5

The prefrontal cortex develops and myelin does too, increasing

Question 6

selective pruning

Answer 6

select neurones and connections deemed unneccessary are pruned

Question 7

emerging adulthood

Answer 7

a period of development spanning from about ages 18 to 29, experienced by most people in their twenties

Question 8

Early adulthood

Answer 8

20 to 39 years of age, characterised by significant life events such as graduation, starting a job, or forming a family.

Question 9

Middle Adulthood

Answer 9

40 and 65. During this time, people experience many physical changes that signal that the person is aging, including grey hair and hair loss, wrinkles and age spots, vision and hearing loss, and weight gain, commonly called the middle age spread.

Question 10

Late Adulthood

Answer 10

starts around age 65, is characterised by great changes and ongoing personal development.

Question 11

menopause

Answer 11

when periods stop for good (age 50)

Question 12

death-deferral

Answer 12

People tend to put off dying when there is an event to look forward to. (People die more right after Christmas finished as they want to experience it before death)

Question 13

At old age, why do people get less smaller ailments?

Answer 13

Lifetime’s accumulation of antibodies.

Question 14

At old age, why do people get more deadly diseases?

Answer 14

Less stronger immune system