psych 241 exam 1 wvu | 201 Questions and
Answers(A+ Solution guide)
1). What is the life span of human development
Ans: the ways in which people grow, change and stay the same throughout their lives,
from conception to death
2). Phases of life (life span development psychology)
Ans: prenatal (conception to birth)
infancy and toddlerhood (birth to 2 years)
early childhood (2 to 6 years)
middle childhood (6 to 11 years)
adolescence ( 11 to 18 years)
early adulthood (18 to 40 years)
middle adulthood (40-65 years)
later adulthood( 65 and beyond)
death
3). What are the conceptions of age
Ans: chronological age
biological age
psychological age
social age
4). What are bales life span approach: key principles
Ans: development is life long
development is multidimensional
development is multidirectional
development shows plasticity
development is multidisciplinary
impiratmce of biology and culture change
development involves changing allocation of resources
influence of content
5). Bates life span approach- development is lifelong
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, Ans: developmental change occurs throughout the life span; each age period is
affected by what happened before and will affect later development
6). Bates life span approach- development is multidimensional
Ans: development entails changes in many areas of development:
- physical development
- cognitive development
- socioeconomic development
7). Bates life span approach- development is multidirectional
Ans: development consisting of gains and losses & growth and decline
8). Bates life span approach- development is plastic
Ans: development is malleable or changeable
9). Examples of plastic development
Ans: the brain and body can compensate for injury
10). Bates life span approach- development is multidisciplinary
Ans: the contributions of many disciplines are needed to understand how people
grow, think, and interact with the world
11). Importance of biology and culture change across life span-biological influences
Ans: greatest earlier in life span (sensory,abilities , coordination, strength)
12). Importance of biology and culture change across life span-influence of culture
Ans: increases over the life span and may compensate fro earlier weakness
(education technology and relationships)
13). Treu or false - development involves changing allocation of resources
Ans: true
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, 14). People use their resources to focus on..
Ans: growing, maintaining and coping with loss
15). What are types of typical resources?
Ans: time, strength, intelligence, skills, money, relationships
16). Context
Ans: when and where a person develops
17). Context includes
Ans: physical and social enviorments, neighborhood, country, culture
18). Cohort
Ans: a generation of people born at the same time
19). History graded normative influence
Ans: wars, epidemics, economic shifts; events shaped attitudes of a historical
generation
ex; history generation and cohort
20). Age-graded normative influences
Ans: event tied to chronological age; similar or typical for a specific age
ex; maturational and social
21). Three types of influence
Ans: -normative age-graded influences
-normative history graded influence
-non-normative life events
22). Maturational
Ans: fixed in time
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Answers(A+ Solution guide)
1). What is the life span of human development
Ans: the ways in which people grow, change and stay the same throughout their lives,
from conception to death
2). Phases of life (life span development psychology)
Ans: prenatal (conception to birth)
infancy and toddlerhood (birth to 2 years)
early childhood (2 to 6 years)
middle childhood (6 to 11 years)
adolescence ( 11 to 18 years)
early adulthood (18 to 40 years)
middle adulthood (40-65 years)
later adulthood( 65 and beyond)
death
3). What are the conceptions of age
Ans: chronological age
biological age
psychological age
social age
4). What are bales life span approach: key principles
Ans: development is life long
development is multidimensional
development is multidirectional
development shows plasticity
development is multidisciplinary
impiratmce of biology and culture change
development involves changing allocation of resources
influence of content
5). Bates life span approach- development is lifelong
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, Ans: developmental change occurs throughout the life span; each age period is
affected by what happened before and will affect later development
6). Bates life span approach- development is multidimensional
Ans: development entails changes in many areas of development:
- physical development
- cognitive development
- socioeconomic development
7). Bates life span approach- development is multidirectional
Ans: development consisting of gains and losses & growth and decline
8). Bates life span approach- development is plastic
Ans: development is malleable or changeable
9). Examples of plastic development
Ans: the brain and body can compensate for injury
10). Bates life span approach- development is multidisciplinary
Ans: the contributions of many disciplines are needed to understand how people
grow, think, and interact with the world
11). Importance of biology and culture change across life span-biological influences
Ans: greatest earlier in life span (sensory,abilities , coordination, strength)
12). Importance of biology and culture change across life span-influence of culture
Ans: increases over the life span and may compensate fro earlier weakness
(education technology and relationships)
13). Treu or false - development involves changing allocation of resources
Ans: true
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, 14). People use their resources to focus on..
Ans: growing, maintaining and coping with loss
15). What are types of typical resources?
Ans: time, strength, intelligence, skills, money, relationships
16). Context
Ans: when and where a person develops
17). Context includes
Ans: physical and social enviorments, neighborhood, country, culture
18). Cohort
Ans: a generation of people born at the same time
19). History graded normative influence
Ans: wars, epidemics, economic shifts; events shaped attitudes of a historical
generation
ex; history generation and cohort
20). Age-graded normative influences
Ans: event tied to chronological age; similar or typical for a specific age
ex; maturational and social
21). Three types of influence
Ans: -normative age-graded influences
-normative history graded influence
-non-normative life events
22). Maturational
Ans: fixed in time
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