Assignment: Poverty has a great impact on development. Discuss how poverty negatively impacts development across the lifespan (infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood). Be sure to address how it impacts physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development. Be sure to discuss each of these types of development for each of the stages of the lifespan. Make sure that you cover each stage of the lifespan as well as each type of development.
Each paragraph should be thoroughly developed (approximately 10-15 sentences each). You should include specific examples, descriptions, terminology/vocabulary, etc. to flesh out your answer.