Life-Span
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- Define Development
- The pattern of movement or change across the life span
- Give an example of development being multidirectional.
- When people become wiser with age, but slower on cognitive speed tests.
- What is an important dimension of the Stability-Change issue?
- The degree to which early experiences or later experiences are the key determinants of a person's development.
- Give an example of Psychological Age
- an 88y.o. female that continues to learn new skills, writes journal entries, and visits museums to assess new artists works -these things show her adaptive capacities, which demonstrates psychological age.
- When does the period of development known as early childhood typically end?
- First Grade
- Define 'Social Policy'
- a course of action by the government designed to influence the welfare of the citizens
- With regard to the treatment of children, what country ranks at or near the lowest percentile?
- The United States
- Name the three main reasons to study life-span
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1 -the more you learn about children, the better you can deal with them.
2 -you may gain insight into your own history.
3 -you may have a responsibility for children as a parent or teacher. - What are the main interests of Luis Varga?
- Cultural issues and the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, and families.
- What is Bernice Neugarten's emphasis on?
- She emphasizes reemerging life themes in development -she concluded that age is becoming less important for understanding development.