Development is the pattern of movement or change that: correct answers begins at conception and continues through the human life span
By studying life-span development we learn information about ourselves, including which of the following? correct answers How we will age?
How we came to be th...
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Development is the pattern of movement or change that: correct answers begins at conception
and continues through the human life span
By studying life-span development we learn information about ourselves, including which of the
following? correct answers How we will age?
How we came to be this way?
Who we are?
Which statement correctly describes the life span in the study of human development? correct
answers It involves growth and change
It occurs throughout life
The maximum human life span has not change since ____ correct answers the beginning of
recorded history
True or false: As of 2019, in the United States, there are more people over 60 years of age than
under 18 years of age. correct answers True
True or false: Life-span development focuses mostly on the rapid growth and development that
occurs during childhood. correct answers False
Melissa is intrigued by how people change from infancy through late adulthood. She would learn
about this subject by studying the field of human development called correct answers Life span
development
True or false: The life-span perspective involves sociocultural and individual factors, but not
biological factors. correct answers False
Most children in the United States start school when they are 5 or 6 years of age. This occurrence
is an example of a correct answers Normative age-graded influence
The upper boundary of the human life span (based on the oldest age documented) is _____ years.
correct answers 122
Life ____ is the average number of years a person born in a particular year can expect to live.
correct answers expectancy
Normative history-graded influences are correct answers common to members of a particular
generation
, Which of the following correctly describe life span in the study of human development? correct
answers It occurs throughout life.
It involves growth and change.
A ______ life event is an unusual occurrence that has a major influence on a person's life and
may not occur for other people at the same time. correct answers Non normative
Which of the following are characteristics of the life-span perspective of development? correct
answers It is multidirectional.
It is lifelong.
It is multidimensional.
_______ encompasses the behavior patterns and beliefs that are passed from generation to
generation. correct answers Culture
A ______ age-graded influence is one that is similar for people of a particular age group. correct
answers normative
If a study is "cross-cultural," this means that it correct answers compares multiple cultures
Dr. Xiong is comparing aspects of Uganda and Denmark. Her research is best described as:
correct answers Cross-cultural
Events or trends (such as social or economic trends) that are common to members of a particular
generation are known as ______ influences. correct answers normative history-grade
Which of the following statements about ethnicity are true? correct answers There can be
diversity within ethnic groups.
Cultural heritage and language are aspects of ethnicity.
Ethnicity can include race and religion.
The ______ processes refer to the changes in an individual's physical nature. correct answers
biological
What term describes the beliefs, customs, and general behavior patterns of a group of people?
correct answers Culture
The periods of development in the human life span are correct answers produced by an interplay
of biological, cognitive, and socioemotional processes.
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