________: is the field in which psychologists study how people grow and change throughout their life span- from conception, through infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood until death.
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Critical period
________: is a stage or point in development during which a person is best suited to learn a particular skill or behavior pattern.
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Maturation
________: is the automatic and sequential process of development that result from genetic signals.
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Childhood experience
________ affects people as adolescents and adults, studying early stagesof development psychologist can learn about developmental problem and what causes them and how to treat them.
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sectional method individuals
Cross ________ are born at different times introduces the possibility that they might have grown up with different educational methods, medical treatments.
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