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.
A cockroach can usually live for about 7 to 10 days without water, and can go for at least 30 days with no food before it starves. It is almost impossible for cockroach to starve to death in the wild unless it is enclosed or trapped, because of its uncanny ability to eat almost anything as a food source.