Lifespan Psych basic concepts

In the nature-nurture issue, nature refers to an organism's _____, nurture to its _____.

Biological inheritance; environmental experiences.

nonnormative life event:

Do not happen to all people

When taking psychology class, professor Sharma emphasizes that developmental change occurs throughout adulthood as well as childhood. Professor sharma is taking a(n) _____ approach to developmental change

Life-span

If you subscribe to Paul Balte's perspective of life-span development, you would view development as a process that involves growth, maintenance, and ________.

Regulation of loss

Two developmental psychologists are having a conversation. One follows the traditional approach of developmental change; the other believes in the life-span approach. Which of the following issues would they most likely differ on?

Whether most developmental change occurs from birth to adoloscence or throughout adulthood as well as childhood

socioeconomic status (SES) refers to:

a person's position within society based on occupational, educational, and economic characteristics

Dr. Wilman is researching the place women occupy in families in Japan and the U.S. Dr. Wilman is conducting a(n) _____ study.

cross-cultural

____ encompasses the behavior patterns, beliefs, and all other products of a particular group of people that are passed on from generation to generation.

culture

Keith has won the lottery and now has more money than he ever dreamed of having. This incident will likely affect Keith's development and is an example of a:

nonnormative life event

______ processes involve changes in the individuals relationships with other people, changes in emotions, and changes in personality.

socioemotional

_____ processes refer to the changes in the individual's thought, intelligence, and language.

Cognitive

"Individuals are changing beings in a changing world." Which characteristics of development is reflected in this statement?

Development is contextual

If you subscribe to Paul Baltes' perspective of life-span development, which of the following statements would you NOT agree with?

Development is unidirectional

Psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, neuroscientists, and medical researchers all share an interest in unlocking the mysteries of development through the life span. This indicates development is:

Multidisciplinary

______ include biological processes such as puberty and menopause. They also include sociocultural, environmental processes such as beginning formal education and retirement.

Normative age-graded influences

____ is (are) a National government's course of action designed to promote the welfare of its citizens.

Social policy

The ____ approach to the study of development emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescence, especially during infancy, little or no change in adult hood, and decline in old age.

Traditional

The idea that no age period dominates development highlights the life-span perspective that development is:

lifelong

Dr. Tepper-Harmon believes that life-span development cannot be studied without considering biological, socioemotional, and cognitive dimensions. Dr. Tepper-Harmon believes that development is:

multidimensional

Many individuals become wiser as they age, but their performance on tasks that require speed in processing information starts to decline. This illustrates how throughout life, some dimensions or components of a dimension expand and others shrink, or how development is:

multidirectional

When she was a child, Anna's home was wrecked by a tornado and her neighbor was killed. More than 30 years later, she is still terrified of storms. This is an example of how a ____ event can influence a person's development.

nonnormative life event

By age 51, most women enter menopause. This is an example of how a biological process can exert a _____ influence on development.

normative age-graded

Influences that generally affect a generation (for example, the effect of the Vietnam war on the baby boomers) are considered _____ influences.

normative history-graded

____ means the capacity for change

plasticity