This definition can be contrasted with that proposed by life-span developmental psychologists: Development is a life-long process beginning at conception and ending at death (Honzik, 1984, p. 309). Development is thus extended to include the whole of life.
A cockroache can live up to 10 days without its head. In fact it doesn't die of suffication but of dehydration.  a cockroach can live up to a week without it's head because â¦it's brain is in its body. 1 person found this useful.
The female louse attaches her eggs (nits) to the base of the hair near the scalp, and the nits hatch 7â10 days later. While the adult louse cannot survive for more than 2 days off the human head, a nit can stay alive for up to 10 days off the body (for example, on clothes, hairbrushes, or carpets).n order to make a diagnosis of head lice, the doctor must see a louse or a nit on the scalp. Occasionally, what is called a Wood's lamp is used to look for lice and nits.