Human Development: Changes and Maturation

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What is the primary focus of studying development in individuals?

To examine only the qualitative changes caused by maturation

To resolve unresolved issues and concerns from the past

To identify permanent changes in appearance and behavior

To understand the systematic continuities and changes that occur from conception to death (correct)

What is the term for the characteristics that are continued throughout an individual's growth and development?

Orderly changes

Qualitative changes

Transitory changes

Systematic continuities (correct)

According to Van Daele, what is implied by development?

Qualitative change (correct)

No change at all

Temporary change

Quantitative change

What is the term for the changes that occur in an individual that are not permanent?

Transitory changes Signup and view all the answers

What is the broad domain of development that deals with the growth and development of the physical body?

Physical development Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the ways in which an individual remains the same or continues to reflect their past?

Developmental continuities Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of the prefrontal cortex?

Executive functioning like rational thinking and planning Signup and view all the answers

At what stage of life does the prefrontal cortex typically fully develop?

After adolescence Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of psychosocial development?

Changes in personal and interpersonal aspects of development Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for scholars who study developmental processes?

Developmentalists Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between different aspects of development?

Changes in one aspect affect all other aspects Signup and view all the answers

What is the broad category that includes changes in perception, language, and memory?

Cognitive development Signup and view all the answers

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What is the primary focus of studying development in individuals?

What is the term for the characteristics that are continued throughout an individual's growth and development?

According to Van Daele, what is implied by development?

What is the term for the changes that occur in an individual that are not permanent?

What is the broad domain of development that deals with the growth and development of the physical body?

What is the term for the ways in which an individual remains the same or continues to reflect their past?

What is the primary function of the prefrontal cortex?

At what stage of life does the prefrontal cortex typically fully develop?

What is the focus of psychosocial development?

What is the term for scholars who study developmental processes?

What is the relationship between different aspects of development?

What is the broad category that includes changes in perception, language, and memory?

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