Term
|
Definition
| The pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and contiues through the human life span. |
|
|
Term
| Involves growth and decline |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolesence, little to no chinge in adulthood, and decline in old age. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| emphasizes developmentalchange throughout childhood and adulthood |
|
|
Term
| Life Span is based on the ______. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The average number of years a person can expect to live |
|
|
Term
| What is the oldest age documented? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What is the current life expectancy rate? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Views of development from a Life-Span perspective. |
|
Definition
- Lifelong
- Multidimensional
- Plastic
- Multidisciplinary
- Contextual
|
|
|
Term
What is Plasticity?
What perspective is it? |
|
Definition
capacity for change.
Life-Span Perspective |
|
|
Term
| A governments course of action designed to promote the welfare of its citizens. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Development is the product of _______, _______, and _______ processes. |
|
Definition
| Biological, Cognitive, and Socioemotional |
|
|
Term
| Change in an individuals physical nature. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Changes in thought, intelligence, and language. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Changes in relationships with othrer people, changes in emotons, and changes in personality. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Parental Period
Infancy
Early Childhood
Middle and late childhood
Adolescence
Early adulthood
Middle adulthood
Late Adulthood |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| end of infancy to 5-6 years |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| varying endpoint; 10-12 to 18-22 years. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| How many "Ages" of development? |
|
Definition
four
First age - Fourth age |
|
|
Term
| Which age group is most happy? |
|
Definition
| No specific age group reports more hapiness than the other. |
|
|
Term
| number of years that have elapsed since birth? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| social roles and expectations related to a person's age. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| The extent to which development is influenced by biological inheritance and/or environmental experiances. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Nature and Nurture; which emphasizes the importancve of both biological and social environment? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| ______ and ______ are the degree to which early traits and characteristics persist through life or chnge. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| ______ is when traits and characteristics are seen as the result of heredity and early life experiances. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| When traits and characteristics can be altered by later experiances. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| A process of gradual, cumulative change |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
