Test Bank for Discovering the Lifespan, 2nd Canadian Edition, Robert S. Feldman Oriane Landry

Test Bank for Discovering the Lifespan Canadian 2nd Canadian Edition Feldman

Test Bank for Discovering the Lifespan, 2nd Canadian Edition, Robert S. Feldman, Oriane Landry

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0133902706
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0133902709
• Author: Robert S. Feldman

Discovering the Life Span, 2ce helps students truly connect to the material. Written in an engaging and accessible style and organized in a modular format, this title allows instructors to cover the entire lifespan without having to sacrifice content throughout their course. Students will get a better sense of the entire process of development and understand how the domains of development work together. Discovering the Life Span is a meaningful learning experience that prepares readers to apply content to their personal and future professional lives.

Table contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction

An Orientation to Lifespan Development

Characterizing Lifespan Development: The Scope of the Field

Topical Areas in Lifespan Development

Age Ranges and Individual Differences

The Links Between Topics and Ages

Cohort and Other Influences on Development: Developing with Others in a Social World

Key Issues and Questions: Determining the Nature—and Nurture—of Lifespan Development

Continuous Change Versus Discontinuous Change

Critical and Sensitive Periods: Gauging the Impact of Environmental Events

Lifespan Approaches Versus a Focus on Particular Periods

The Relative Influence of Nature and Nurture on Development

Review, Check, and Apply

Review

LO 1.1 Describe the scope of the field of lifespan development.

LO 1.2 Describe cohorts, and explain how they influence development.

LO 1.3 Explain the differences between continuous change and discontinuous change.

LO 1.4 Distinguish between critical periods and sensitive periods.

LO 1.5 Describe how the study of lifespan development expanded.

LO 1.6 Summarize the influence of nature and nurture on development.

Check Yourself

Applying Lifespan Development

The Psychodynamic, Behavioral, and Cognitive Perspectives

The Psychodynamic Perspective: Focusing on the Inner Person

Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory

Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory

Assessing the Psychodynamic Perspective

The Behavioral Perspective: Focusing on Observable Behavior

Classical Conditioning: Stimulus Substitution

Operant Conditioning

Social-Cognitive Learning Theory: Learning Through Imitation

Assessing the Behavioral Perspective

The Cognitive Perspective: Examining the Roots of Understanding

Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

Assessing Piaget’s Theory

Information Processing Approaches

Assessing Information Processing Approaches

Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches

Assessing Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches

The Humanistic, Contextual, and Evolutionary Perspectives

The Humanistic Perspective: Concentrating on Uniquely Human Qualities

Assessing the Humanistic Perspective

The Contextual Perspective: Taking a Broad Approach to Development

The Bioecological Approach to Development

Assessing the Bioecological Approach

Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory

Assessing Vygotsky’s Theory

Evolutionary Perspectives: Our Ancestors’ Contributions to Behavior

Assessing the Evolutionary Perspective

Why “Which Approach Is Right?” Is the Wrong Question

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