![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![Life-Span Development Cover](/sites/dl/free/0072414340/title/sant8_sm.jpg) Life-Span Development, 8/e John W. Santrock,
University of Texas - Dallas
The Life-Span Development Perspective Introduction
Chapter ObjectivesI.Explain the importance of studying life-span development. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | II.Describe the history of interest in children and adolescents and indicate how contemporary concerns have arisen from previous views. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | III.Describe the seven basic characteristics of the life-span perspective. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | IV.List and describe the three interacting systems of contextualism. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | V.Describe the role that experts in developmental psychology have regarding health and well-being, parenting and education, sociocultural contexts, and social policy. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | VI.Define and distinguish between biological processes, cognitive processes, and socioemotional processes. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | VII.Understand the major developmental periods from conception to death. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | VIII.Define and distinguish between chronological age, biological age, psychological age, and social age. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | IX.Understand the three major developmental issues (nature and nurture, continuity and discontinuity, stability and change). |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | X.Identify several options that are available to individuals who are interested in careers in life-span development. |
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