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What best descirbes the focus of the study if human development?
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Change
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Principles of life span development identiefied by Baltes(1987) There are three
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-Development is life long
-Development takes place in a historical context -Development is pliable or plastic |
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Qualitative Change
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Change in kind, structure, or organization of a behavioral characteristic. (Alzheimer's Disease)
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Quantitative Change
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Change in height or weigh. (growth of several inches in 1 year)
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Socioeconomic status largely determines-
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-neighborhood in which a family lives
-the school the children attend -the quality of medical care available |
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Hereditary (internal) and Environmental (external) iinfluences often interact and cannot be seperated
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Normative-
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-an event that is experienced in a similar way by most people in a group.
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Nonormative life events-
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-unusual events that influence a person's life.
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