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LIFESPAN - Ch1

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Development   show
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Traditional Approach   show
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Lifespan Approach   show
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Lifespan   show
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show average number of years that a person can expect to live; Currently 78 years  
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Life-Span Perspective   show
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multidimensional   show
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multidirectional   show
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plastic   show
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contextual   show
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show growth, maintenance, and regulation of loss  
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show biological, sociocultural, and individual factors  
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show a Result of Biological, Cognitive, and Socioemotional Processes  
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show Normative age-graded influences, Normative history-graded influences, Non-normative life events  
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show similar for individuals in a particular age group  
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show common to people of a particular generation because of historical circumstances, requires a shift in society  
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Non-normative life events   show
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Culture   show
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Ethnicity   show
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show person’s position within society based on occupational, educational, and economic characteristics  
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show characteristics of people as males and females, not biology  
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show Conception to Birth; period is marked by constant and significant change. All of the major biological systems develop and cognitive capacities are formed. The organism develops into an infant ready for birth.  
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show 0-2 years; characterized by changes in physical ability, social skills, cultural assimilation and maturation. Language, symbolic thought, social learning and sensorimotor coordination are predominant at this stage.  
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show 2-6; This period is sometimes called, the “school years.” During this period, the child becomes more independent, perfects language skills and learns tasks to prepare for life. Play is very important at this stage.  
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show 6-12; During this period the child is learning the fundamentals of reading, writing, math, and specifics about culture. Achievement, competition and self control become more significant during this period of development  
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show 12-18; transition between childhood and adulthood; biologically transition through continual and consistent hormonal changes, as well as dramatic increases in height and weight and development of sex characteristics that that will prepare the child for re  
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show 18-40; period of establishing oneself in the world; individual is predominantly building a career, selecting a mate, beginning a family, and establishing economic freedom.  
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show 40-65; time of expanding social relationships, preparing the next generation to become competent individuals, expanding on intimate relationships, and reaching and maintaining a career.  
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Late adulthood   show
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show extent to which development is influenced by biological inheritance and/or environmental experiences  
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Stability   show
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Change   show
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show gradual, cumulative change  
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show set of distinct stages  
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Psychoanalytic Theories   show
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show Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital  
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show birth-15 months; sucking and feeding  
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show 12-18 months to 3 years; potty training  
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show 3 to 6 years; exploration of Genitals, Oedipus Complex  
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show 6 years to puberty; calm years, Socialization  
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show puberty to adult; Mature Adult Sexuality, Intimacy  
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Freudian Parts of Personality   show
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show Integrity vs despair (late adult; 60's +); Generativity vs stagnation (Mid-adult; 40s and 50s); Intimacy vs Isolation (Early adult; 20s and 30s); Identity vs Identity confusion (adolescence; 10-20); Industry vs inferiority (mid and late childhood); Initia  
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show desire to affiliate with other people; eight stages of development Each stage comprises a crisis that must be resolved  
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Piaget’s Cognitive Theory   show
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show Emphasizes the processes of organization (assimilation) and adaptation to form Schemas; Four stages of cognitive development in children  
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show Emphasizes how social interaction and culture guide cognitive development; Less-skilled persons learn from those who are more skilled  
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show gap between what you can do on your own and what you can do with assistance  
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show giving the “just right level” of assistance  
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show Emphasizes that individuals manipulate information, monitor it, and strategize about it  
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show we can study scientifically only what can be directly observed and measured  
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show Consequences of a behavior produce changes in the probability of the behavior’s occurrence; A reward increases likelihood of behavior; A punishment decreases likelihood of behavior  
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show painful or threateing  
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Reinforcer   show
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Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory   show
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Ethology   show
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Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory   show
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show Psychoanalytical, cognitive, behavioral and social cognitive, ethological, ecological  
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show Observation: Laboratory: controlled setting that eliminates many complex “real-world” variables Naturalistic: observing behavior in real-world settings  
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Survey and Interviews   show
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show Uniform procedures for administration and scoring  
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Case Studies   show
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show Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI): uses electromagnetic waves to construct images of brain tissue and biochemical activity  
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show Three main types: descriptive, correlational, and experimental  
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Descriptive   show
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show describes the strength of the relationship between two or more events or characteristics  
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Correlation Coefficient   show
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show carefully regulated procedure in which one or more factors believed to influence the behavior being studied are manipulated while all other factors are held constant; cause and effect  
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show manipulated, influential, experimental factor  
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Dependent Variable   show
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Experimental Group   show
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Control Group   show
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Random Assignment   show
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Time Span Research   show
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show Cohort: a group of people who are born at a similar point in history and share similar experiences. Rule of Thumb: Anyone born 5 years ahead of you or 5 years behind you. Cohort effects: differences due to a person’s time of birth, era, or generation, bu  
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