Provide reasons why contemporary developmentalists believe understanding the entire life span is important.
What will be an ideal response?
- Developmental growth and change continue during every part of life
- A person's development is affected by the influences on her or his social environments, and those social environments can change over time
- Development across the lifespan involves both gains and losses; focusing only on growth during childhood, for example, ignores much of human experience
- People change how they invest their resources (such as motivation, energy, or time) at different points during the life span.
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Child maltreatment Child neglect Reported maltreatment Child abuse
The major affective disorders include:
a. Depression and anxiety b. Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder c. Bipolar disorder and unipolar depression d. Mania and psychosis
What did Piaget consider to be adaptive learning systems where cause and effect are linked through involuntary responses?
A. Circular reactions B. Coordination of means and ends C. First habits D. Reflexes
The visual pathway goes from
a. the retina, to the LGN, to the striate cortex. b. the retina, to the striate cortex, to the LGN. c. to the LGN, to the retina, to the striate cortex. d. to the striate cortex, to the LGN, to the retina. e. to the LGN, to the striate cortex, to the retina.