PSY/205T: Life Span Human Development

Which of the following are characteristics of the life-span perspective of development? (Choose every correct answer.)

It is multidirectional. It is multidimensional. It is lifelong.

Which of the following correctly describes the life span in the study of human development?

It occurs throughout life. It involves growth and change

Melissa is intrigued by how people change from infancy through late adulthood. She would learn about this subject by studying the field of human development called

Life Span

Development is the pattern of movement or change that:

begins at conception and continues through the human life span.

The ______ processes refer to the changes in an individual's physical nature.

biological

If a study is "cross-cultural," this means that it

compares multiple cultures.

What term describes the beliefs, customs, and general behavior patterns of a group of people?

culture

The pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues through the human life span is known as

development.

The traditional approach to the study of development emphasizes the

extensive changes that occur from birth to adolescence.

By studying life-span development we learn information about ourselves, including which of the following?

who we are how we came to be this way how we will age