HDFS 1351 LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT - EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Life-span development - ✔✔study of development across conception to
death
8 Stages of Development in order - ✔✔Conception, Infancy, Early
childhood, Mid-childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle
adulthood, later adulthood
Conception (time course) - ✔✔Prenatal. Before birth occurs
Infancy (time course) - ✔✔Age 0-2
Early Childhood (time course) - ✔✔Ages 2-6
Mid-Childhood (time course) - ✔✔Ages 6-11
Adolescence (time course) - ✔✔Ages 11-20
Young adulthood (time course) - ✔✔Ages 20-40
Middle Adulthood (time course) - ✔✔Ages 40-65
Later Adulthood (time course) - ✔✔Ages 65+
, 3 Categories of Development - ✔✔Physical - body development, physical
nature, biological processes
Cognitive - thinking development/ intelligence, and language
Socioemotional - interactions with other people, emotional changes/
personalit
Case study - ✔✔An 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 - ✔✔A 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 - ✔✔study 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.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Life-span development - ✔✔study of development across conception to
death
8 Stages of Development in order - ✔✔Conception, Infancy, Early
childhood, Mid-childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle
adulthood, later adulthood
Conception (time course) - ✔✔Prenatal. Before birth occurs
Infancy (time course) - ✔✔Age 0-2
Early Childhood (time course) - ✔✔Ages 2-6
Mid-Childhood (time course) - ✔✔Ages 6-11
Adolescence (time course) - ✔✔Ages 11-20
Young adulthood (time course) - ✔✔Ages 20-40
Middle Adulthood (time course) - ✔✔Ages 40-65
Later Adulthood (time course) - ✔✔Ages 65+
, 3 Categories of Development - ✔✔Physical - body development, physical
nature, biological processes
Cognitive - thinking development/ intelligence, and language
Socioemotional - interactions with other people, emotional changes/
personalit
Case study - ✔✔An 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 - ✔✔A 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 - ✔✔study 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.
