Instructor Guide Solutions for
Lifespan Development, 1st
Edition
Developmental Psychology - ANSWERSDeal how humans grow and change throughout lives
Physical Development - ANSWERSLooks at ways biological system affect behavior
Cognitive Development - ANSWERSStudies involve memory, problem solving and intelligence
throughout life
Personality and social development - ANSWERSStudies how personality changes over time and social
relationships.
Continuous change vs Discontinuous change - ANSWERSContinuous = gradual development with one
level building on another
Discontinous = development in distinct steps or stages with each stage different from earlier
Critical Periods vs Sensitive periods - ANSWERSCP = specific time during development when a
particular event has its greatest consequences
SP = organisms are susceptible to certain stimuli in the environment/ no major changes
Life Span Approach - ANSWERSDevelopment change throughout adulthood as well as childhood
Temperament - ANSWERScharacteristic frame of mind; predisposition; emotional excess
Easy Babies - ANSWERS- + disposition
- Emotions moderate or low in intensity
- 40% of infants
, Difficult Babies - ANSWERS- - disposition/ don't like new situations
- about 10% babies
- irregular sleeping patterns and radical moods
Slow-to-warm babies - ANSWERS- inactive and show little reactions to environment
- moods generally negative and w/draw from new situations
- about 15% babies
Attachment - ANSWERSInfant's ability to thrive psychologically and physiologically. Depends on
relationship with caregiver
Secure Attachment Patterns - ANSWERSShows distress on separation from mother and happiness
when mother returns; use mother as safe base for exploration.
2/3rd of babies
Avoidant Attachment Patterns - ANSWERSInfants do not show distress when mother leaves and are
indifferent when mother returns.
20% of babies
Ambivalent Attachment Patterns - ANSWERSA style of attachment in which children display a
combination of positive and negative reactions to their mother
12% of babies
Authoritarian Parents - ANSWERSimpose rules and expect obedience
Authoritative Parents - ANSWERSparents who supply firm and consistent guidance combined with
love and affection
Permissive Parents - ANSWERSHands off approach
Lifespan Development, 1st
Edition
Developmental Psychology - ANSWERSDeal how humans grow and change throughout lives
Physical Development - ANSWERSLooks at ways biological system affect behavior
Cognitive Development - ANSWERSStudies involve memory, problem solving and intelligence
throughout life
Personality and social development - ANSWERSStudies how personality changes over time and social
relationships.
Continuous change vs Discontinuous change - ANSWERSContinuous = gradual development with one
level building on another
Discontinous = development in distinct steps or stages with each stage different from earlier
Critical Periods vs Sensitive periods - ANSWERSCP = specific time during development when a
particular event has its greatest consequences
SP = organisms are susceptible to certain stimuli in the environment/ no major changes
Life Span Approach - ANSWERSDevelopment change throughout adulthood as well as childhood
Temperament - ANSWERScharacteristic frame of mind; predisposition; emotional excess
Easy Babies - ANSWERS- + disposition
- Emotions moderate or low in intensity
- 40% of infants
, Difficult Babies - ANSWERS- - disposition/ don't like new situations
- about 10% babies
- irregular sleeping patterns and radical moods
Slow-to-warm babies - ANSWERS- inactive and show little reactions to environment
- moods generally negative and w/draw from new situations
- about 15% babies
Attachment - ANSWERSInfant's ability to thrive psychologically and physiologically. Depends on
relationship with caregiver
Secure Attachment Patterns - ANSWERSShows distress on separation from mother and happiness
when mother returns; use mother as safe base for exploration.
2/3rd of babies
Avoidant Attachment Patterns - ANSWERSInfants do not show distress when mother leaves and are
indifferent when mother returns.
20% of babies
Ambivalent Attachment Patterns - ANSWERSA style of attachment in which children display a
combination of positive and negative reactions to their mother
12% of babies
Authoritarian Parents - ANSWERSimpose rules and expect obedience
Authoritative Parents - ANSWERSparents who supply firm and consistent guidance combined with
love and affection
Permissive Parents - ANSWERSHands off approach
