- •Key Terms
- •2.0 The Life-Span Perspective
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 2 The Science of Life-Span Development
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Section II Beginnings Chapter 3 Biological Beginnings Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 4 Prenatal Development and Birth Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Section III Infancy Chapter 5 Physical Development in Infancy Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 6 Cognitive Development in Infancy Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Chapter 7 Socioemotional Development in Infancy Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Section IV Chapter 8 Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 9 Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Section V Middle and Late Childhood Chapter 10 Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 11 Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Section VI Adolescence Chapter 12 Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 13 Socioemotional Development in Adolescence Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Section VII Early Adulthood Chapter 14 Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Сhapter 15 Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood Summary
- •Key terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Section VIII Middle Adulthood Chapter 16 Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 17 Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Section IX Late Adulthood Chapter 18 Physical Development in Late Adulthood Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 19 Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood Summary
- •Key terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 20 Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 21 Death and Dying Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Research Project 2 Journal Article Critique
- •Research Project 2 Genetic Counseling Available to You
- •Research Project 1 Why Do Some Pregnant Women Drink, Smoke, or Use Drugs?
- •Research Project 2 Fatherhood
- •Research Project 1 Cross Motor Activity
- •Research Project 1 Object Permanence
- •Research Project 2 Mother-Infant Language
- •Research Project 1 Attachment Behaviors
- •Research Project 2 Development of Self in Infants
- •Project 1 Memory Span
- •Research Project 2 Language Errors
- •Research Project 1 Parten's Play Styles
- •Research Project 2 Altruism-Empathy Observations
- •Research Project 1 Current Exercise Levels
- •Research Project 2 Conservation Tasks
- •Research Project 1 Children Attitudes Towards School
- •Research Project 2 Gender Roles and Television
- •Research Project 2 Piaget’s Pendulum Problem
- •Research project 1 Interviewing Friends about Dating
- •Research Project 2 Marcia’s Statuses of Identity
- •Research Project 1 College Students and the Use of Alcohol
- •Research Project 2 Motivation – The Values of Adolescents
- •Research Project 1 The Marriage Quiz
- •Research Project 2 Gender and Age Roles in Magazine Advertisements
- •Research Project 1 Song Lyric Values
- •Research Project 2 Archival Research
- •Research Project 1 Adult Stage Theories in Biographies
- •Research Project 2 Your Life Review
- •Research Project 1 Variations in Life-Expectancy
- •Research Project 2 Knowledge of Older Adults
- •Research Project 1 Free Recall among College Students and Older Adults
- •Research Project 2 Physical and Mental Health Care of the Elderly
- •Research Project 1 Collecting a Life Story
- •Research Project 2 Old People at College
- •Research Project 1 Experiencing Others’ Deaths
- •Research Project 2 Hospices in Your Community
Key Terms
Images of Life-Span Development: Erikson and Piaget as Children
2.0 Theory and the Scientific Method
theory
hypotheses
scientific method
data
3.0 Theories of Development
unconscious
id
ego
superego
defense mechanism
repression
erogenous zones
fixation
oral stage
anal stage
phallic stage
phallus
Oedipus complex
latency stage
genital stage
psychosocial stages
psychosexual stages
trust versus mistrust
autonomy versus shame and doubt
initiative versus guilt
industry versus inferiority
identity versus identity confusion (diffusion)
intimacy versus isolation
generativity versus stagnation
integrity versus despair
conscious
organization
adaptation
assimilation
accommodation
qualitative difference
sensorimotor stage
preoperational stage
operations
concrete operational stage
formal operational stage
information processing
behaviorism
reinforcement
punishment
social learning theory
ethology
imprinting
critical period
sensitive period
ecological theory
microsystem
mesosystem
exosystem
macrosystem
culture
cross-cultural studies
chronosystem
eclectic theoretical orientation
4.0 Measures
systematic observation
laboratory
naturalistic observation
interview
questionnaire
case study
standardized test
emic approach
etic approach
ethnic gloss
physiological research
multimeasure, multisource, multicontext approach
5.0 Strategies for Setting Up Research Studies
correlational strategy
correlation coefficient
experimental strategy
experiment
cause and effect
random assignment
independent variable
dependent variable
experimental group
control group
6.0 Time Span of Inquiry
cross-sectional approach
longitudinal approach
sequential approach
cohort effects
7.0 Reducing Sexist Research
sexist versus nonsexist research
8.0 Ethics in Research on Child Development
code of ethics
informed consent
9.0 Being A Wise Consumer of Information about Life-Span Development
nomothetic research
ideographic needs
sample
causal conclusion
10.0 Contemporary Concerns
penis envy
observational learning
cultural context
Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
Comprehension and Application Essay Questions
We recommend that you follow either our guidelines for "Answering Essay and Critical Thinking Questions," or those provided by your instructor, when preparing your response to these questions. Your answers to these kinds of questions demonstrate an ability to comprehend and apply ideas discussed in this chapter.
1. What is science? How does a scientific understanding of life-span development differ from an understanding produced by everyday experiences with people of various ages?
2. Compare and contrast the psychoanalytic theories of Freud and Erikson. Also explain whether Erikson changed psychoanalytic theory in a fundamental way.
3. Explain the Piagetian concepts of organization, adaptation, assimilation, and accommodation. Also indicate how these concepts help explain cognitive change during the development of a child.
4. Explain the computer metaphor for information processing in your own words. Also indicate at least two unique kinds of questions about development prompted by an information processing approach.
5. Think about your life during the past 24 hours from the perspective of behavioral and social learning theories. Provide at least two examples of how (a) rewards, (b) punishments, and (c) observational learning have influenced your behavior during this time frame?
6. Explain and evaluate ethological theory by indicating its strengths, limitations, and what is missing from this approach to child development.
7. Define and distinguish the five systems in Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory. Also provide at least two examples of each system by citing aspects from your own personal life.
8. Explain the meaning of an eclectic theoretical orientation to child development. Also evaluate the pros and cons of such an approach before you explain which approach is most and least agreeable to you personally.
9. Discuss what factors influence your selection of a method (i.e., controlled observation in a laboratory, naturalistic observation, interviews and questionnaires, case studies, standardized tests, cross-cultural studies, physiological research, research with animals, or multimeasure, multisource, and multicontext approach) for scientifically collecting data about life-span development?
10. Compare and contrast correlational and experimental strategies for research in life-span development. What do you gain and lose by using a correlational rather than experimental strategy in research?
11. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the cross-sectional and longitudinal approaches to research? In what ways do cross-sectional and longitudinal designs differ from experimental strategies? What kinds of conclusions can you draw from each?
12. Explain how research on development can be sexist. Also discuss ways to reduce sexism in life-span developmental research.
13. What precautions must be taken to safeguard the rights and welfare of a child who might be a psychological subject? In your answer, relate each precaution to a specific ethical concern in your answer. In addition, discuss at least two examples of other types of subjects who pose similar ethical difficulties for researchers?
14. Explain how you can become a wise consumer of information about life-span development.