"Across the Life Span" Means That Development

question 60

Multiple Choice

"Across the life span" means that development:

• A) happens at every age.
• B) is completed by adulthood.
• C) skips certain ages.
• D) happens only in childhood.

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Definitions:

Mental Representations

Internal cognitive symbols that represent external reality or abstract concepts, enabling thinking and problem-solving.

Ecological Approach

An Ecological Approach examines individuals in the context of their environment, emphasizing the interaction between people and their surroundings.

Information Processing

The means by which information is encoded, stored, processed, and retrieved, particularly in the human mind or in computers.

Evolutionary

Pertaining to the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.