Learning Goals (See related pages) Discuss major life-span developmental changes in the body. What are cephalocaudal and proximodistal patterns? How do height and weight change in infancy and childhood? What changes characterize puberty? What physical changes occur in early adulthood? How do people develop physically during middle adulthood? What is the nature of physical changes in late adulthood? How does early/late puberty affect social relationships and development? Describe how the brain changes through the life span How does the brain change in infancy? What characterizes the development of the brain in childhood? How can the changes in the brain during adolescence be summarized? What is the aging brain like? Summarize how sleep patterns change as people develop How can sleep be characterized in infancy? What changes occur in sleep during childhood? How does adolescence affect sleep? What changes in sleep take place during adulthood and aging? Characterize longevity and the biological explanations of aging How can the concepts of life span and life expectancy be distinguished? What characterizes centenarians? What sex differences exist in longevity What are the four main biological theories of aging?
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