Human Development Flashcards

The scientific study of change and continuity that occurs as we move from conception to death.

Gains, losses, neutral changes, and continuities in each phase of lifespan.

change

<p>Relative permanence and functional significance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Growth, biological aging, maturation, learning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Physical, cognitive, psychosocial.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Physical changes such as height, shape changes, weight fluctuations, and puberty.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Growth and change in intellectual capabilities including learning, thinking, memory, and problem-solving skills.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Changes in variables associated with the individual's relationships with others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Genetics and health-related factors that affect development.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Internal perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and personality factors that affect development.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Interpersonal, societal, cultural, and ethnic factors that affect development.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The view that human development is multiply determined and cannot be understood within a single framework.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Socially defined status, roles, privileges, and responsibilities based on one's age group.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Behavioral expectations by age.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Children as innocents to be protected and nurtured.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The most recently defined phase, age 18-29.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Focuses on whether the same or different explanations must be used over time to explain developmental changes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A process of posing and answering questions using careful, controlled techniques.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The extent to which a measure provides a consistent index of a characteristic.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The extent to which a measure actually measures what researchers think it does.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A method to select a portion of the population to be studied using random means.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An in-depth examination of an individual or a small number of individuals in a real-life setting.</p> Signup and view all the answers