PSYC 3490 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Skeletal Muscle, Threshold Model, Senescence
19 Apr 2016
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Lifespan perspective development is continuous from childhood to old age. Contextual influences lifespan change is a function of nature and nurture. Provide an example from your own experience that illustrates how this principle operates in development. Is a concept that says genetic and environmental factors work together to influence the direction of life. Ex. child has genetic to be a talented dancer. Sees a ballet performance, wants to join ballet. Her dance genes lead her to develop an interest in an activity that allows her talents to flourish: define and contrast the terms: theory, hypothesis, model, and perspective. Theory - an organized set of concepts/ideas that explain a phenomenon ex. erikson"s psychosocial theory. Hypothesis - a tentative and testable explanation of the relationship between 2 or more variables. Age norms in adulthood are linked to the social clock expectations for the ages at which a society associates major life events. Mesosystem where interactions take place among 2 or more microsystems.
