Lifespan Development — Flashcards

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Lifespan development starts at conception and continues till death. It includes physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes across all stages of life.

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It helps explain the normal pattern of change across stages, the milestones of development, and whether a person’s changes are following the usual course. It is also useful for parents, teachers, and …

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Prenatal period: conception to birth. Infancy: birth to 2nd week. Babyhood: end of 2nd week to 2 years. Early childhood: end of 2nd year to 6 years. Late childhood: 6 years to 10/12 years. Adolescence…

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Development is a progressive series of changes that occur in an orderly and predictable pattern as a result of maturation and experience. It is continuous, cumulative, qualitative, lifelong, and influ…

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Growth refers to quantitative, measurable physical changes such as increase in height, weight, size, and shape. It is limited by age and can be measured directly.

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Growth is physical, quantitative, measurable, and usually stops after a certain age. Development includes physical and psychological changes, is qualitative, lifelong, and is inferred from behaviour r…

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Maturation is the process through which an individual gradually unfolds characteristics and reaches full functionality. It depends mainly on biological factors and is not simply the same as physical g…

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Arnold Gressel pioneered the concept of maturation in the 1920s. Jean Piaget later advanced the concept in developmental psychology.