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BALTES' LIFESPAN PERSPECTIVE

LIFE-LONG
• -NO AGE PERIOD DOMINATES GROWTH
 
MULTI-DIMENSIONAL
• -DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF BIOLOGICAL, COGNITIVE AND SOCIO-EMOTIONAL
• -LEADS TO SUBTOPICS SUCH AS ABSTRACT INTELLIGENCE, SOCIAL AND NON-VERBAL
INTELLIGENCE

CONTEXTUAL
• -THE WAY WE ACT BECAUSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES OR HISTORICAL EXPERIENCES
•  
 NORMATIVE AGE - BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES THAT ARE SIMILAR FOR
INDIVIDUALS IN A PARTICULAR AGE GROUP (GOING TO UNIVERSITY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL)
 NORMATIVE HISTORY- COMMON TO INDIVIDUALS IN A GENERATION-HISTORICAL INFLUENCE (WAR)
 NON-NORMATIVE - UNUSUAL OCCURRENCES THAT HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE INDIVIDUAL
(DEATH IN FAMILY, SICKNESS)
 
MULTI-DIRECTIONAL

-SOME DIMENSIONS INCREASE IN GROWTH, OTHERS DECREASE (IF YOU ARE


HETEROSEXUAL, RELATIONSHIPS WITH OPPOSITE SEX WILL INCREASE, WHILE
WITH SAME SEX WILL DECREASE)
 
PLASTIC

-THE ABILITY TO CHANGE YOUR PERSONALITY


 
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY
• -WHERE ANTHROPOLOGISTS, SOCIOLOGISTS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS AND RESEARCHES
LIKE TO EXPLORE AND STUDY INTO ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS

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