Lifespan Development Exam 1 Quizzes With Correct Solutions!!
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Lifespan Development
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Lifespan Development
Life-span development - ANSWERstudy of development across conception to death
8 Stages of Development in order - ANSWERConception, Infancy, Early childhood, Mid-childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, later adulthood
Conception (time course) - ANSWERPrenatal. Before birth o...
Lifespan Development Exam 1 Quizzes With
Correct Solutions!!
Life-span development - ANSWERstudy of development across conception to death
8 Stages of Development in order - ANSWERConception, Infancy, Early childhood, Mid-childhood,
adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, later adulthood
Conception (time course) - ANSWERPrenatal. Before birth occurs
Infancy (time course) - ANSWERAge 0-2
Early Childhood (time course) - ANSWERAges 2-6
Mid-Childhood (time course) - ANSWERAges 6-11
Adolescence (time course) - ANSWERAges 11-20
Young adulthood (time course) - ANSWERAges 20-40
Middle Adulthood (time course) - ANSWERAges 40-65
Later Adulthood (time course) - ANSWERAges 65+
3 Categories of Development - ANSWERPhysical - body development, physical nature, biological
processes
Cognitive - thinking development/ intelligence, and language
Socioemotional - interactions with other people, emotional changes/ personalit
Case study - ANSWERAn intensive study of one or a small number of individuals or families.
, In depth look at a single individual. Performed by mental health professionals, when for either
practical or ethical reasons.Provides info. about one persons' experiences
Correlation Study - ANSWERA study in which the researcher examines two or more variables to see if
they are linked in any way.
provides info that helps to predict how people will behave. Shows comparisons. Describe the
strength of the relation between two or more events or characteristics
Experimental research - ANSWERstudy causality, carefully regulated procedure where one or more
factors believed to influence the behavior being studied are manipulated while all other factors are
held constant. This is a sure way of verifying a study.
Nature vs Nurture - ANSWERConcerns the extent to which development is influenced by nature and
nurture. Nature refers to an organism's biological inheritance and biological development/body;
nurture refers to its environmental experiences.
Twin Study - ANSWERThe behavioral similarities between identical twins (genetically identical) is
compared with the behavioral similarities between fraternal twins. If twins seprated, they will both
have same nature aspects.
A method for estimating heritability in which the degree of similarity in a trait that is observed
among identical twins is compared with that observed among fraternal twins.
Adoption Studies - ANSWERA method for estimating heritability in which similarities between
children and their adoptive parents are compared with similarities between children and their
biological parents.
Genotype - ANSWERGenetic material makeup. Hh or HH or GGGg or GgGg homozygous,
heterozygous
Recessive genes - ANSWERexerts its influence only if two genes of a pair are both recessive. If inherit
a recessive gene for a trait from BOTH parents, the trait will be shown.
Gestation - ANSWERTime frame of Conception to Birth. lasts 280 days from mom's last period.
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