LIFESPAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Development
• Systematic
• Orderly Change
• Womb to tomb
• Continuities
Principles of Development
A. MULTIDIMENSIONAL
• Physical Development
-Bodily changes
-Physiological changes
-Signs of Aging
-Motor Ability changes
• Cognitive Development
-Perception (Reaction to stimulus)
-Language (Mental Capacity)
-Memory
-Problem Solving (Math, Logic etc)
• Psychosocial Development
-Personal and Interpersonal Aspects
-Social Aspects (Emotions, Relationships)
-Traits
-Roles played (Family, Larger Society)
B. MULTIDIRECTIONAL
• Gains & Losses
• Growth & Decline
C. PLASTICITY
• Changeable & Malleable
• Modification
-Traits
-Capacities
-Behavior
D. CONTEXT
• Where and When = Develop
• Physical & Social Environment
-Family
-Neighborhood
-Country
-Culture
-Era
• Other intrinsic factors:
-Values
-Customs
-Ideals
E. MULTIDISCIPLINARY
• Different disciplines understand:
-Growth
-Thought
-Interaction

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 CONCEPTUALIZING THE LIFE SPAN
Prenatal Period Conception-Birth
Infancy 1-2 years
Preschool 2-6 years
Middle Childhood 6-12 years
Adolescence 12-20 years
Early Adulthood 20-40 years
Middle Adulthood 40-65 years
Late Adulthood 65+

ISSUES IN LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT

NATURE VS NURTURE
• Nature—Innate (Genetics, Heredity, Evolution)
• Nurture—Provided (Molded by Environment)

GOODNESS VS BADNESS
• Thomas Hobbes
-Inherently SELFISH
-Society’s responsibility to teach BAD and GOOD
• Jean Jacques Rosseau
-Innately GOOD
-Born w/ intuitive understanding of RIGHT and WRONG
• John Locke
-Tabula Rasa (Blank Slate)
-Wait for experiences

ACTIVITY VS PASSIVITY
• Activity
-Create own learning
-Shape own environment
• Passivity
-Blame development on environment
-Shaped by forces of environment

ACTIVITY VS PASSIVITY
• Continuity
-Gradual, Slow, and Steady development w/ no sudden changes
-Quantitative Change : Degree
• Discontinuity
-Abrupt development
-Qualitative Change : Kind/Type

UNVERSALITY VSCONTEXT SPECIFICITY

• Universality—Common Change
• Context Specific—Varied Change

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