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What is Life-Span Development (Chapter 1) Flashcards

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What is Life-Span Development?

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Lifelong development from conception to death

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How to Describe Life-Span Development?

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Multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, contextual, involves growth, maintenance, & regulation, &constructed though biology, sociocultural, & individual factors working together

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Biological Development

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Changes in our physical nature

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What Changes in Biological Development?

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Brain, nervous system, muscles, & senses

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What is Cognitive Development?

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Changes in an individual’s thought, intelligence, & language

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What is Socioemotional Development?

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Changes in an individual’s relationship w/ other people, emotions, & changes in personality

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What is Context?

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Setting where development occurs. Each combination can result in different paths of change

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What Factors are Included in Context?

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Historical, economic, social, cultural

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What is Normative Age-Grade Influences

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Biological & environmental influences, similar for individuals in a particular age group, predictable when they occur & duration

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What are Examples of Normative Age-Graded Influences?

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Puberty, starting school, retirement

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What are History-Graded Influences?

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Influences unique to a given era

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What are Examples of Normative History-Graded Influences?

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Epidemics, wars, economic depression, technological advances

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What are Non-Normative Life Events?

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Irregular, unusual, & unpredictable events that happen to just a few people

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What is an Example of a Non-Normative Life Event?

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Hurricane Katrina

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What is Nature?

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Inborn, biological characteristics, based on genetic inheritance, & emphasizes stability

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What is Nurture?

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Physical & social world, influences biological, psychological development, & emphasizes plasticity

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What is a Continuous View?

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Changes in amount 7 complexity of behavior (gradual & quantitative)

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What is a Discontinuous View?

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Sudden change, differences are often unpredictable by previous thoughts, feelings, or behaviors (qualitative change, stage theories)

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