Module 1: The Lifespan Perspective

Question 1

cohort

Answer 1

a group of people who are born at roughly the same time period in a particular society; share histories and contexts for living

Question 2

culture

Answer 2

blueprint or guideline shared by a group of people that specifies how to live; passed down from generation to generation; learned from parents and others

Question 3

lifespan perspective

Answer 3

an approach to studying development which emphasizes that development is lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, contextual, and multidisciplinary

Question 4

nonnormative influences

Answer 4

unpredictable influences not tied to a certain developmental time, personally or historical period

Question 5

normative age-graded influences

Answer 5

biological and environmental factors that have a strong correlation with chronological age

Question 6

normative history-graded influences

Answer 6

influences associated with a specific time period that define the broader bio-cultural context in which an individual develops