Understanding Human Development Flashcards
a systematic changes and continuities in the individual that occur between conception and death, or from “womb to womb”.
Development
the growth of the body and its organs, the functioning of physiological systems, including the brain, physical signs of aging, changes in motor abilities and so on.
Physical development
changes and continuities in perception, language, learning, memory, problem solving, and other mental processes.
Cognitive Development
changes and carryover in personal and interpersonal aspects of development, such as motives, emotions, personality traits, interpersonal skills and relationship, and roles played in the family and in the larger society
Psychosocial development
the physical changes that occur from conception to maturity
Growth
the deterioration of organisms that leads inevitably to their death.
Biological Aging
It refers to a range of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial changes, positive and negative.
Aging
A transitional period between adolescence and fullfledged adulthood that extends from about age 18 to 25 and maybe as late as 29.
Emerging adulthood
A society’s way of telling people how to act their age.
Age norms
A person’s sense of when things should be done and what he or she is ahead of or behind the schedule dictated by age norms.
Social clock
People affiliation with a group based on common heritage or traditions.
Ethnicity
standing in society based on such indicators as occupational prestige, education, and income.
Socioeconomic status (SES)
often defined as the shared understanding and way of life of a people.
Culture
Separating people based on their age.
Age grade
A ritual that marks a person’s “passage” from one status to another.
Rite passage
