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Lifespan Development

Check Your Understanding Questions

Lifespan DevelopmentCheck Your Understanding Questions
18 .
Give two examples of disciplines that contribute their perspective to lifespan psychology from a human development perspective.
19 .
What are two examples of biological growth or maturation?
20 .
Give an example of how a sensitive period might be related to the development of a given skill.
21 .
Why is it accurate to say that stage theories are associated with discontinuous development?
22 .
How do fraternal and identical twins differ in terms of their genetics?
23 .
Which theorist focused on children’s incorrect answers to problem-solving, and how was this related to the theory?
24 .
Provide at least two examples of developmental concepts present in the lifespan.
25 .
What is at the center of the ecological systems model developed by Urie Bronfenbrenner?
26 .
A law is passed raising the minimum wage for all workers. What system does this occur within?
27 .
What problem does the criticism “Psychology is WEIRD’ bring to our attention?
28 .
What two pieces of information does a correlation coefficient give us?
29 .
Which research method allows us to make cause-and-effect conclusions?
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