Chapter Objectives

I.

Explain the importance of studying life-span development.

II.

Describe the history of interest in children and adolescents and indicate how contemporary concerns have arisen from previous views.

III.

Describe the seven basic characteristics of the life-span perspective.

IV.

List and describe the three interacting systems of contextualism.

V.

Describe the role that experts in developmental psychology have regarding health and well-being, parenting and education, sociocultural contexts, and social policy.

VI.

Define and distinguish between biological processes, cognitive processes, and socioemotional processes.

VII.

Understand the major developmental periods from conception to death.

VIII.

Define and distinguish between chronological age, biological age, psychological age, and social age.

IX.

Understand the three major developmental issues (nature and nurture, continuity and discontinuity, stability and change).

X.

Identify several options that are available to individuals who are interested in careers in life-span development.

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