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Exam Review
Psychology - Develop
Question | Answer |
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Define life span development | conception - death |
Definition of lifespan development | growth - decline |
Traditional Perspective | birth - adolescence |
Multi-dimensional | a. physical/biological b. social c. cognitive d. emotional/psychological |
Multi-directional | periods or growth and decline |
Multi-disciplinary | a. sociology b. education c. anthropology |
Plastic | a. mold b. shape c. bounce back from adversity |
Contextual (Multi) | a. history graded b. normative, age graded c. non-normative |
co-construction of Biology, culture, individual | multi-dimensional - in spite of background we can determine the course of development |
lifelong | conception - death |
Areas of diversity | a. gender b. culture (beliefs, attitudes, values), ethnicity (race) c. socio-economic status (education, occupaational) |
Examples of Social Policy (law, regulation) | a. food stamps b. AEA program c. therapies d. financial aid e. veterans benefits |
Poverty | social policies to help the poor (housing) assistance, medical care(T-19, medicare), free reduced lunch, food banks |
Happiness | increases as we age |
Conceptions of age | a. chronological b. biological(organs overall health) c. social ( societys roles) d. psychological (flexible, psychologically healthy) |
Developmental issues | a. nature- nurture b. continous (gradual) c. discontinuous (stages) d. stability - change |