The Journey of Human Development
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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?

  • 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?

  • 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?

    <p>Qualitative Change</p> Signup and view all the answers

    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?

    <p>Human Development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which perspective views development as lifelong, multi-directional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual?

    <p>Life-Span perspective</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of developmentalists?

    <p>To understand individual differences in development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which characteristic of the life-span perspective suggests that no age period dominates development?

    <p>Development is Multi-directional</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for using knowledge of human development to predict later behavior?

    <p>Prediction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the life-span perspective define development?

    <p>As a process influenced by multiple factors working together</p> Signup and view all the answers

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