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| The pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues through the human life span |
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| Traditional approach to the study of development |
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| This emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescence (especially during infancy), little or no change during adulthood, and decline in old age. |
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| The life-span approach of development |
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| emphasizes developmental change throughout adulthood as well as childhood. |
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| Life expectancy vs life span |
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Life span- the maximum number of years a person has lived (122)
Life expectancy- the average number of years that a person born in a particular year can expect to live. increased by 30 years in the 20th century to 78 as of 2006. |
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| The perspective that development is lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual; involves growth, maintenence and regulation; and is constructed through biological, sociocultural, and individual factors working together. |
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| No age period dominates development. Researchers increasingly study the experiences and psychological orientations of adults at different points in their lives. |
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| Development is Multidimensional |
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| No matter your age; your mind, body, emotions, and relationships are changing and effecting each other. Development consists of biological, cognitive, and socioemotional dimensions. Within each dimension there are many components. |
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| Development is Multidirectional |
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| Throughout life some dimensions or components axpand and others shrink. English learned early in childhood leads to lack of ability to pick up another language. |
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| Development is multidisciplinary |
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| Many different branches of science intertwine to study development, |
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| The setting in which development occurs that is influenced by historical, economical, social, and cultural factors. |
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