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Which area of psychology explains the course of physical, psychosocial, intellectual, and moral development over a person's life span?
Which area of psychology explains the course of physical, psychosocial, intellectual, and moral development over a person's life span?
- Social Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Developmental Psychology (correct)
- Cognitive Psychology
What is the concept of human development as a life long process called?
What is the concept of human development as a life long process called?
- Organismic Development
- Life-span Development (correct)
- Sequential Development
- Conception Development
What type of change refers to a change in number or amount, such as height, weight, or size of vocabulary?
What type of change refers to a change in number or amount, such as height, weight, or size of vocabulary?
- Quantitative Change (correct)
- Qualitative Change
- Sequential Change
- Organismic Change
What type of change refers to a change in kind, structure, or organization, such as the change from nonverbal to verbal communication?
What type of change refers to a change in kind, structure, or organization, such as the change from nonverbal to verbal communication?
What is the term for the orderly and sequential changes that occur with the passage of time as an organism moves from conception to death?
What is the term for the orderly and sequential changes that occur with the passage of time as an organism moves from conception to death?
Which perspective views development as lifelong, multi-directional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual?
Which perspective views development as lifelong, multi-directional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual?
What is the purpose of developmentalists?
What is the purpose of developmentalists?
Which characteristic of the life-span perspective suggests that no age period dominates development?
Which characteristic of the life-span perspective suggests that no age period dominates development?
What is the term for using knowledge of human development to predict later behavior?
What is the term for using knowledge of human development to predict later behavior?
How does the life-span perspective define development?
How does the life-span perspective define development?
