Lifespan development

7. Life expectancy in the United States has increased by years during the twentieth century.

30

The life expectancy in the United States is currently:

78 years

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

Development is unidirectional

2. The ------ approach to the study of development emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescence, especially during infancy, change in adulthood, and decline in old age.

Traditional

1. Development can be defined as the pattern movement or change that

begins at conception and continues through the human life span.

6. The maximum life span of humans:

has not changed since the beginning of recorded history

When teaching his 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

5. On your first day class, Professor Red-Elk claims that for too long we have focused development of young children, especially infants. She argues that the development of adults and elderly people is just as important. This professor is articulating a(n) ------- approach.

life-span

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

lifelong

4. Two developmental psychologists are having conversation. One believes in 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?

psychology occurs a(n) approach whether most developmental change occurs from birth to adolescencc or throughout adulthood as well as childhood