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Life-Span Development - ANSWER Prenatal
Conception of birth
Infancy
1st 2 years of life
1st month: neonatal or newborn period
Preschool period
2-5 years old
Middle childhood
6-10 years old/puberty
Adolescence
10-18 years old
Puberty to relative independence
Emerging adulthood
18-25 years old
Transitional period between adolescence and adulthood
Early adulthood
25-40 years old
Middle adulthood
40-65
Late adulthood
65+
, nature - ANSWER How biological forces and environmental forces act and interact to
make us what we are. Nature influences heredity, universal maturation processes
guided by genes, biological influences such as hormones and neurotransmitters.
Maturation- biological enfolding of the individual according to what it is inherited.
Genes- heredity natural passed to parents to child during interception.
Nurture - ANSWER Influences change in response to the environment (external physical
and social conditions, stimuli and events that can affect us) socioeconomic status,
polluted air, social interactions with family and friends, your church you might belong
to and the environment like lead paint.
BOTTOM LINE- developmental changes are the products of complex interplay
between nature and nurture
maturation - ANSWER biological enfolding of the individual according to what it
is inherited.
goals of developmental psychology - ANSWER Describe
We are characterizing the functioning of human at different ages and trace how it
changes with age. We are going to describe both normal and individual difference in
development.
Explain
Explaining the developmental processes. It's a tentative explanation of why
behaviors and development is occurring
Predict
To identify factors to help us predict development. Ex: if reflexes are there we can
predict normal development.
modify
Optimizing development - ANSWER Based on what we know, what
developmental issues can happen, how do we help development progress
positively.
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