✓ ~~~ Biological and environmental influences that are similar for people in the same age
group
Normative History-Graded Influence
✓ ~~~ Generational
Nonnormative Life Events
✓ ~~~ Unusual occurrences in an individual's life
Social Policy
✓ ~~~ Government's action to promote the welfare of citizens
What are the 3 processes of development?
, ✓ ~~~ 1. Biological - changes in an individual's physical nature
2. Cognitive - changes in thought, intelligence, and language
3. Socioemotional - changes in relationships, emotions, and personality
Prenatal Period
✓ ~~~ (Before birth)
Single cell to a complete organism with a brain and behavior
Infancy Period
✓ ~~~ (Birth - 24 months)
Language, symbolic thought, coordination, and social learning
Early Childhood
✓ ~~~ (24 months - 6 years)
self-sufficient, follow instructions, and play with peers
Middle/Late Childhood
✓ ~~~ (6 years - 11 years)
Reading, writing, math, and striving to achieve
Adolescence
✓ ~~~ (12 years - 22 years)
Dramatic physical changes, pursuit of independence/identity,
logical/abstract/idealistic thought
, Early Adulthood
✓ ~~~ (Late teens - 30's)
Independence, career prominence, and finding a mate
Middle Adulthood
✓ ~~~ (40's - 60's)
Personal/social involvement, assisting the next generation, maintaining career
Late Adulthood
✓ ~~~ (60's - death)
Life review, retirement, decreased strength/health
Biological Age
✓ ~~~ Health of an individual
Psychological Age
✓ ~~~ Adaptive capacity compared to other people the same age
Social Age
✓ ~~~ Connectedness with others
Chronological Age
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