LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT UPDATED FINAL EXAMS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔emerging adulthood - ✔✔period between adolesence and early adulthood,
characterized by role transitions and identity exploration
✔✔middle adulthood - ✔✔period in your 40s and 50s
✔✔late adulthood - ✔✔period that begins around age 65
✔✔descriptive research - ✔✔type of research that focuses on what is happening at
each age
✔✔correlational research - ✔✔type of research that focuses on how a behavior of one
group of people varies in relation to a behavior of another group of people
✔✔experimental research - ✔✔type of research that can determine cause, uses random
assignment of participants to experimental and control groups
✔✔research designs - ✔✔ways of studying development
✔✔cross-sectional - ✔✔research design that compares the behavior of multiple age
groups at one point in time
, ✔✔longitudinal - ✔✔research design that compares the behavior of one age group at
multiple points across time
✔✔genes - ✔✔the biological inheritance of an organism
✔✔experiences - ✔✔external factors and events in one's life that influence development
✔✔B = f (P + E + PE) - ✔✔behavior is best understood as a function of things about the
person (inside), things about the environment (outside), and the complex interaction of
person and environment
✔✔prenatal period - ✔✔from conception to birth, includes three stages
✔✔conception - ✔✔microscopic sperm and egg unite to mix the genetic material from
the mother and father
✔✔zygote - ✔✔fertilized egg cell, 1st stage (two weeks) in prenatal development
✔✔embryo - ✔✔2nd stage of prenatal development, from 2nd to 8th week
✔✔placenta - ✔✔life-support system for developing embryo and fetus
✔✔fetus - ✔✔3rd stage of prenatal development, from 8th week to birth at 40 weeks
✔✔neural tube - ✔✔part of the embryo from which the brain and spinal cord arise
✔✔teratogens - ✔✔chemical, drug, or illness
✔✔critical period - ✔✔a sensitive time during which a person or organism is particularly
receptive to input from the environment
✔✔infancy - ✔✔the first year of life
✔✔motor skills - ✔✔set of abilities to control muscles
✔✔childhood - ✔✔period that ranges from age one until about age 11
✔✔motor skills - ✔✔set of abilities to control muscles
✔✔adolescence - ✔✔the teenage years, ages 12-20
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔emerging adulthood - ✔✔period between adolesence and early adulthood,
characterized by role transitions and identity exploration
✔✔middle adulthood - ✔✔period in your 40s and 50s
✔✔late adulthood - ✔✔period that begins around age 65
✔✔descriptive research - ✔✔type of research that focuses on what is happening at
each age
✔✔correlational research - ✔✔type of research that focuses on how a behavior of one
group of people varies in relation to a behavior of another group of people
✔✔experimental research - ✔✔type of research that can determine cause, uses random
assignment of participants to experimental and control groups
✔✔research designs - ✔✔ways of studying development
✔✔cross-sectional - ✔✔research design that compares the behavior of multiple age
groups at one point in time
, ✔✔longitudinal - ✔✔research design that compares the behavior of one age group at
multiple points across time
✔✔genes - ✔✔the biological inheritance of an organism
✔✔experiences - ✔✔external factors and events in one's life that influence development
✔✔B = f (P + E + PE) - ✔✔behavior is best understood as a function of things about the
person (inside), things about the environment (outside), and the complex interaction of
person and environment
✔✔prenatal period - ✔✔from conception to birth, includes three stages
✔✔conception - ✔✔microscopic sperm and egg unite to mix the genetic material from
the mother and father
✔✔zygote - ✔✔fertilized egg cell, 1st stage (two weeks) in prenatal development
✔✔embryo - ✔✔2nd stage of prenatal development, from 2nd to 8th week
✔✔placenta - ✔✔life-support system for developing embryo and fetus
✔✔fetus - ✔✔3rd stage of prenatal development, from 8th week to birth at 40 weeks
✔✔neural tube - ✔✔part of the embryo from which the brain and spinal cord arise
✔✔teratogens - ✔✔chemical, drug, or illness
✔✔critical period - ✔✔a sensitive time during which a person or organism is particularly
receptive to input from the environment
✔✔infancy - ✔✔the first year of life
✔✔motor skills - ✔✔set of abilities to control muscles
✔✔childhood - ✔✔period that ranges from age one until about age 11
✔✔motor skills - ✔✔set of abilities to control muscles
✔✔adolescence - ✔✔the teenage years, ages 12-20
