Chapter 8

Question 1

Adolescence

Answer 1

The period from 11-12 to 19-20 years. The child has reached sexual maturity but has not yet taken on the rights and responsibilities of the adult status.

Question 2

Adulthood

Answer 2

The period from 20yrs onward. The individual has achieved the adult status prescribed by norms and laws of a particular society.

Question 3

Childhood

Answer 3

The time from 2 to 11-12yrs. The child acquires language and learns about the most important social skills.

Question 4

Human Development

Answer 4

The chnages in physical, psychological and social behaviour as experienced by individuals across the lifespan from conception to death.

Question 5

Identity

Answer 5

The view of oneself as an individual and member of society.

Question 6

Infancy

Answer 6

The period from birth to 2 years when the child acquires initial motor, cognitive and social skills.

Question 7

Late Adulthood

Answer 7

The period of physical wearing and decline.

Question 8

Openness Model

Answer 8

The theoretical view that suggests that adults change their attitudes and behaviour to adjust to changing situations.

Question 9

Persistence Model

Answer 9

The theoretical view suggestung that adults acquire attitudes and behaviours early in life and tend not to chnage them later.

Question 10

Prenatal Period

Answer 10

The time between conception and birth, which lasts approximately 38 weeks.

Question 11

Socialization

Answer 11

The process by which the individual becomes a member of a particular culture and takes on its values, beliefs and behaviours.

Question 12

Temperament

Answer 12

Personality traits (presumably with a genetic basis) present in infancy.