23 Cards in this Set
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Traditional Approach to the life-Span Persepctive
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Emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescence, little or no change in adulthood, and decline in old age
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life-span approach
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emphasizes development change throughout adulthood as well as chilhood
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Life-span Perspective: Plastic
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capacity for change
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The three types of contextual influences of the life span perspective view of development are:
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1. Normative age graded influences - similar for individuals ina particular age group
2. normative history graded influences - common to people of a particular generation because of historical circumstances
3. Nonnormative life events - unusual occurrences that have a major impact on th…
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Life-span Perspective: Multidisciplinary
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heredity vs. health intelligence vs. social families vs. schools
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prenatal
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prior to birth-when the human body acquires its basic form and structure
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Infancy
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Stage of development that begins at X and lasts between 18 and 24 months
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early childhood
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the developmental period extending from the end of infancy to about 5 or 6 years of age
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adolescence
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the developmental period of transition from childhood to early adulthood, entered at approximately 10 to 12 years of age and ending at 18 to 22 years of age.
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Emerging adulthood
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The period from the late teens to early twenties where individuals explore options prior to committing to adult roles
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middle adulthood
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40s-mid60s; physical strength and endurance gradually decline
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Late adulthood
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The period of development that goes from 60s to death; individuals reflect on their accomplishments throughout their lifetime and retire
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Chronological age
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Number of years
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psychological age
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a person's adaptive capacities, such as coping abilities, intelligence and self-efficacy
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Social age
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Based on the expected roles a person takes on at a specific point in life
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Biological process
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Changes in an individual's psychical nature.
Ex. Development of the brain, heigh and weight gains, genes inherited from parents
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cognitive process
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Mental processes such as thinking, knowing, problem solving, and remembering.
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Socioemotional process
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Involve changes in an individuals relationships with other ppl, changes in emotions, and changes in personality
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Cohort (cohort effects)
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a group of people born at a particular time or a group of people who entered an organization at a particular time
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ime-of-Measurement effects
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A possible confound in longitudinal studies whereby conditions at a particular point in time can have a specific effect on a variable that is being studied over time.
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Original Sin: Traditional Christian Doctrine (Augustine)
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humans are born selfish and must seek spiritual rebirth
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John Locke and tabula rasa
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Believed that children were born as blank slates and that their experiences determined what kinds of adults they would be
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Innate Goodness
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Jean-Jaque Rousseau
All humans are naturally good and seek out experiences that help them grow
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PSY 240: Chapter 1