Lifespan Development Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards focusing on key concepts, historical figures, domains, and cultural contexts from the lifespan development lecture notes.

Lifespan development

The scientific study of lifelong development.

Child development

The study of childhood and teen years.

Gerontology

The study of aging.

Adult development

The study of adult life.

G. Stanley hall

Established the first U.S. institute in 1890 to research child development.

Multidisciplinary

A characteristic of lifespan development that draws from many other fields like neuroscience, nursing, and psychology to understand human development.

Predictable Milestones

Explores how we change mentally, physically, emotionally, and socially from infancy through old age.

Individual differences

Examining differences in individuals and what causes these differences.

Normative life events

Predictable life events that occur within the context of development.

Non-normative life events

Non-predictable life events that occur within the context of development.

Cohort

Refers to our birth group, such as Genz, Millemial.

John Locke

Believed children were born clean slate and how we treat them shape their adult life.

Rousseau

Argues that children enter the world innocently.

Emerging adulthood

A period lasting from 18 to late twenties devoted to exploring their place in world.

Young-old people

People in their 60s to 70s who are healthy in modern adult life.

Old-old people

People in their 80s - 100s.

Socioeconomic status

Refers to education and income.

Income inequality

The increasing gap between rich and poor post WW2 where being born in poverty leads to lower quality education, low quality food, being less healthy, and dying early.

Collectivist culture

Culture that emphasizes family, kids obedient to elders, values being respectful, and social harmony.

Individualistic culture

Culture that emphasizes independence, competition, and personal success.

Biosocial domain

A domain of development covering all growth and change that occurs in the body, which genetics, health, and nutrition effect.

Cognitive domain

A domain of development covering all mental processes used, like perceptions, imagination, judgement, and language.

Psychosocial domain

A domain of development covering the development of social skills, emotions, and temperament over time.

Plasticity

The capacity to change, where development builds on what came before.