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Portage Learning: Lifespan
Development Module 1 Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the scientific study of human growth and change across the lifespan called?✔✔ Human development
What is the term for changes in body size, shape, and physical abilities over time?✔✔ Physical development
What type of development focuses on emotions, personality, and social relationships?✔✔ Psychosocial development
What is the term for changes in thinking, problem-solving, and language?✔✔ Cognitive development
What is the lifelong process of growth from conception to death?✔✔ Lifespan development 1 / 3
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What is the field of study that examines patterns of growth, change, and stability?✔✔ Developmental psychology
What do we call the inherited traits passed from parents to children?✔✔ Nature
What term describes the environmental influences that shape behavior and development?✔✔ Nurture
What debate explores whether genetics or environment plays a greater role in development?✔✔ Nature vs. nurture
What is the term for development that occurs in a gradual and continuous process?✔✔ Continuous development
What term describes development that happens in distinct stages or steps?✔✔ Discontinuous development 2 / 3
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What is the ability of the brain and body to adapt to change and recover from setbacks?✔✔ Plasticity
What is the term for the unique combination of biological and environmental influences on an individual?✔✔ Individual differences
What are the three main domains of development?✔✔ Physical, cognitive, and psychosocial
What is the first stage of human development beginning at conception?✔✔ Prenatal stage
What stage of development spans from birth to 2 years of age?✔✔ Infancy
What stage of life includes ages 2 through 6 years?
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