H.D - Chapter 1 Flashcards
Life Span Perspective:
Development is Lifelong
No single age is more crucial
Life Span Perspective:
Development is Multidirectional
Every change entails both, growth and loss
Life Span Perspective:
Development is Multidimensional
Physical Domain: Height, weight, Prosperity for disease
Cognitive Domain: Intelligence, wisdom, memory, language
Physiological Domain: Emotion, Self- perception, relationships
Life Span Perspective:
Development is Multidisciplinary
Theories
Life Span Perspective:
Development is classified by Plasticity
Plasticity : Our brains ability to change
Life Span Perspective:
Development is Multi-contextual
Normative Age- Graded: Specific age groups’ experiences
Normative History-Graded: Time period in which you are born
Non-Normative Life Influences: Unique experiences that shape development
Normative vs. Non-normative
Normative - Getting license
Non-Normative - Teenage pregnancy
Poverty Level
An income amount established by the federal government
-> Income less than threshold - Poverty
Cohort
A group of people who are born at same period
Conceptions of Age:
Chronological Age
Number of years since birth
Conceptions of Age:
Biological Age
How quickly the body is aging
-Ex; nutrition, physical activities, stress, genes
Conceptions of Age:
Psychological Age
Psychologically adaptive capacity compared to others of our age
-Ex; emotional beliefs about how old we are
Conceptions of Age:
Social Age
Based on the social norms of our culture and expectations our culture has for the people our age group
Discontinuous Development
Development occurs in distinct stages, qualitative different from each other, in a set, universal sequence
-Freud, Erikson, Piaget, Kholberg
Continuous Development
Development is a more slow and gradual process
-Vygotsky