HDFS 280 - Chapter 1
Life expectancy in the US is ______ years of age.
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Life-span _____________ is the pattern of movement or change that begins at conception.
Development
Which of the following are characteristics of the life-span perspective of development?
-It is multidirectional -It is lifelong -It is multidimensional
Which of the following describes life-span in the study of human development?
-It occurs throughout life. -It involves growth and change.
Which aspects listed are part of the multidimensional characteristic of life-span development?
-Socioemotional -Biological -Cognitive
The upper boundary of the human life span (based on the oldest age documented) is ______________ years.
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Life-Span Development is defined as the pattern of change that begins ____________ and continues _______________.
At conception; through the human life span.
Life-span development is considered to be a __________ process and does not end at any particular age.
Continuous
True or False: Life-span development focuses mostly on the rapid growth and development that occurs during childhood.
False
True or False: The life-span perspective involves sociocultural and individual factors, but not biological factors.
False
Which of the following statements most accurately reflects what is important in the study of life-span development?
It is important to study growth as well as decline when studying the life span.
The average number of years that a person born in a particular year can expect to live is called _____________ expectancy.
Life
Because Melissa is intrigued with how people change from infancy through late adulthood, she should study __________________ development.
Life-Span
In the life-span perspective, no age period dominates development. That highlights the view that development is considered to be __________________.
Lifelong
Development is ________________, meaning that some dimensions or components of a dimension expand and others shrink throughout the life span.
Multidirectional
In lifespan development, which term refers to the capacity for change?
Plasticity
Development is _________________, which refers to the fact that it has biological, cognitive, and socioemotional aspects.
multidimensional
Development is _________________, which means that researchers in many fields share an interest in unlocking the mysteries of development through the life span.
multidisciplinary