• How do different cultures define and value life?
• How does the concept of life span development differ across cultures?
• What are some of the universal features of life span development?
• How do biological, psychological, and social factors interact to produce individual differences in life span development?
• How do research methods used to study life span development differ from those used in other areas of psychology?
• What are some of the major theoretical approaches to life span development?
• What are some of the major issues and controversies in life span development?
• How do biological, psychological, and social factors interact to produce individual differences in aging?
• What are some of the major theoretical approaches to the study of aging?
• What are some of the major issues and controversies in the study of aging?

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