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Match the following terms with their definitions.
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continuity–discontinuity issue

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cross-sectional approach

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development

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ethology

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information-processing theory

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life-span perspective

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longitudinal approach

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nature-nurture issue

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psychoanalytic theory

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social cognitive theory

A)Emphasizes that individuals manipulate information, monitor it, and strategize about it
B)Focuses on the extent to which development involves gradual, cumulative change or distinct stages
C)The perspective that development is lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual; it involves growth, maintenance, and regulation
D)Emphasizes behavior, environment, and cognition as the key factors in development
E)Pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues through the human life span
F)Refers to the debate about whether development is primarily influenced by what we are born with or by our environmental experiences as we grow
G)A research strategy in which individuals of different ages are compared simultaneously
H)A research strategy in which the same individuals are studied repeatedly over a period of time, usually several years or more
I)Describes development as primarily unconscious and heavily colored by emotion
J)Study of behavior as it is strongly influenced by biology, tied to evolution, and characterized by critical or sensitive periods







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