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Biological Forces
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Include all genetic and health-related factors that affect developmen
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Biopsychosocial Framework
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Emphasizes that human development is more than any one of the basic forces considered alone. Rather, each force interacts with the others to make up development.
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Continuity - Discontinuity
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Concerns whether a particular developmental phenomenon represents a smoth progression throughout the lifespan (continuity), or a series of abrupt shifts (discontinuity)
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Human Development
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The multidisciplinary study of how people change and how they remain the same over time.
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Life-Cycle Forces
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Reflect differences in how the same event affects people of different ages.
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Nature - Nurture
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Involves the degree to which genetic or herediary influences (nature) and experiential or environmental influences (nurture) determine the kind of person you are.
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Psychological Forces
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Include all internal perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and personality factors that affect development.
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Sociocultural Forces
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Include interpersonal, societal, cultural, and ethnic factors that affect development.
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Universal versus Context-Specific
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Concerns whether there is just one path of development or several.
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