Physical Development Across the Lifespan

AP Psychology· difficulty 3/5

100% 0% 2 12 24 (mo) Sit Walk Run Cumulative milestone attainment

The figure best illustrates which developmental principle?

  • A

    Motor development reverses in toddlerhood

  • B

    Milestones occur at exactly the same age for all children

  • C

    All children walk before they sit

  • D

    Motor development follows an orderly sequence with overlapping windows

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Explanation

Motor milestones emerge in a predictable sequence (sit, then walk, then run) but with normal variability in the age at which any individual child achieves each one—producing overlapping cumulative curves.

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