Lifespan Development
Lifespan Theories
Stages of Development
Death and Dying
Key Terms
100

What views development as a cumulative process, gradually improving on existing skills?

What is Continuous Development?

100

Who developed psychosexual development?

Who is Sigmund Freud?

100

What is the period of development that begins at puberty and ends at emerging adulthood?

What is adolescence?

100

True or false? Hospice care can be provided while the patient is at their residence.

True

100

What is the process of cell division?

What is Mitosis?

200

What refers to the persistent difference in grades, test scores, and graduation rates that exist among students of different ethnicities and races?

What is "The achievement gap"?

200

What theory emphasizes the social nature of our development rather than its sexual nature?

What is psychosocial development?

200

True or false, a baby whose parents speak French will not cook in a different tone than a baby whose parents speak Spanish or Urdu.

False

200

What are the five stages of grief? They can occur in different orders, or some do not occur at all.

What is denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance?

200

Structure connected to the uterus that provides nourishment and oxygen to the developing baby

What is Placenta?

300

 Stage theories hold that the sequence of development is _________.

What is Universal?

300

How many did Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development have?

4 Stages

300

Fetal stage(9-40 weeks) what size is the fetus when it is about nine weeks old?

A size of a kidney bean

300

Who created the first modern Hospice in England?

Who is Cicely Saunders

300

What is a service that provides a death with dignity; pain management in a humane and comfortable environment; usually outside of a hospital setting?

What is Hospice?

400

Who obtained their doctorate by surveying 229 sets of triplets, the most comprehensive research of triplets completed at the time?

Who is Ruth W. Howard?

400

What stage lasts from birth to about 2 years?

What is "The Sensorimotor stage?"

400

What theory suggests that our social support and friendships dwindle by the number but the relationship remains as close?

What is Socioemotional selectivity theory?

400

A person who is close to dying can ask for a DNR. This means no extra steps will be taken to bring them back once their heart stops beating. What is a DNR

What is Do Not Resuscitate?

400

Genes and biology

What is nature?

500

 In contrast, theorists who view development as _________ believe that development takes place in unique stages: It occurs at specific times or ages.

What is discontinuous?

500

If we lack proper nurturance and parenting during a stage, we may become stuck, or fixated, in that stage. These stages are called?

What is Psycho-sexual development?

500

How many stages of distinct adulthood are there? Can you name them in order?

3 early, middle and late.

500

What is a legal document that appoints a specific person to make medical decisions for a patient if they are unable to speak for themselves?

What is Health care proxy?

500

Structure created when a sperm and egg merge at conception; begins as a single cell and rapidly divides to form the embryo and placenta-

What is zygote?