Perspectives Of Lifespan Development

Question 0

Social development

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Changes in an individuals relationships with other people. Form and maintain close relationships.

Question 1

Biological development

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Involves changes in the body and it’s various systems. I.e. Brain, nervous system, puberty, muscles, motor skills.

Question 2

Cognitive development

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Changes in an individuals mental abilities. Changes in perception, learning, motor skills and decision making.

Question 3

Emotional development

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Changes in how an individual experiences different feelings and how they are expressed. I.e. Ways in which anger is expressed.

Question 4

Heredity

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The transmission of characteristics from biological parents to their offspring via genes at the time of conception.

Question 5

Environment

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The experiences, objects and events we are exposed to throughout our lives.

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Maturation

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The orderly and sequential development changes which occur in the nervous system and other bodily structures.

Question 7

Principles of readiness

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States that unless the necessary bodily structures, be they muscles, bones, or nerves, are significantly mature, then no amount of practice will produce the particular behaviour.

Question 8

Sensitive period

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A time where an individual is more responsive to certain influences from their environment.