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