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| scientific study of human development |
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| the science that seeks to understand the ways in which people change and remain the same as they grow older |
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| linear change of developmental change |
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| a process in which change occurs in a gradual, regular, predictable sequence. it is least likely to occur |
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| three important discoveries about change made by developmentalists |
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1)life involves the continuous interplay of change and continuity with each moment and each aspect potentially affecting all the others
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| a process of continual change within a person or group in which each change is connected systematically to every other development in each individual and every society |
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| developmentalist leader in the systems approach (the ecological model) |
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| microsystems, mesosystems, exosystems, |
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| a process in which change occurs in a gradual, regular, predictable sequence |
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| the idea that a small action or event may set off a series of changes that culminate in a major event |
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| a view of human development that takes into account all phases of life not just childhood or adulthood |
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| five distinct characteristics of development |
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| multidirectional, multicontextual, multicultural, multidisciplinary, and plastic |
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| a group of people whose shared birth year or decade means that they travel thru life together experiencing the same major historical changes |
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| an idea that is built more on shared perceptions of social order than on objective reality |
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| the specific manifestations of a social group's design for living, developed over the years to provide a social structure for the group member's life together |
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| typical culture practices for abbies in poor rural communities |
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| breast feeding on demand, immediate response to crying, close body contact, frequent touching, and caressing, keeping the baby beside the mother at night, constant care by siblings and other relatives |
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| an indicator of a persons social and economic standing measured through a combination of family income, education level, place of residence, occupation and other variables |
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| contextual influences on development |
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| SES, culture, and historic |
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| the minimum annual income a family needs to pay for basic necessities as determined by the federal government |
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| a collection of people who share certain attributes, almost always including ancestral heritage and often including national origin, religion, customs, and language |
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