Study of Human Development

2. a way to understand how groups’ and individuals’ social and political identities result in unique combinations of discrimination and privilege
4. and context-specific development issue: concerns whether there is one path of development or several
5. forces: all perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and personality factors that affect development
6. theories: hold that development is largely determined by how well people resolve conflicts they face at different ages
11. framework: useful way to organize the biological, psychological, and sociocultural forces on human development
13. individuals who live to at least 110 years
15. forces: all genetic and health-related factors that affect development
16. an organized set of ideas that explains development

1. principle: means by which each psychosocial strength has its own special period of importance
3. issue: concerns whether a particular developmental phenomenon represents a smooth progression throughout the life span (continuity) or a series of abrupt shifts (discontinuity)
7. forces: differences in how the same event affects people of different ages
8. the study of the brain and the nervous system, especially in terms of brain–behavior relations
9. theory: Erikson’s theory that personality development is determined by the interaction of an internal maturational plan and external societal demands
10. forces: interpersonal, societal, cultural, and ethnic factors that affect development
12. Development: the multidisciplinary study of how people change and how they remain the same over time
14. issue: the degree to which genetic or hereditary influences (nature) and experiential, lifestyle, and environmental influences (nurture) determine the kind of person you are