Life Span Perspective of Development Many characteristics are associated with human development. Until very recently, changes which occur during childhood had been the primary focus of psychological studies of human development. In fact, the subject of development was often limited to childhood specifically. The Life Span Perspective of Development is considered “new” because it offers the same degree of importance to changes in adulthood and childhood alike – in essence the entire span of a person’s life. Life span is life-long and, as such, is not characterized by any specific age period or age group (Hernandez, 2008).
Development is Lifelong Although infants, children and teenagers may develop at a more rapid rate than someone who is middle-aged or elderly, everyone is developing. Each and every person is at one stage of development or another and this development never ends, but takes on different forms at different stages of life. Development is Multidimensional Development is influenced by a large number of biological, cognitive and socio-emotional causes. These causes all directly affect the development of the individual, as well as influence each other. Each of these factors may contain their own unique causes and dimensions, creating an even more complex situation.
First, multidirectional is a characteristic suggesting change occurs in every direction (Berger, 2008). Another characteristic is multicontextual which suggests human lives are rooted in many contexts, such as historical and economic conditions, and family patterns (Berger, 2008). The third characteristic is multicultural which suggests many cultures are involved in how an individual develops (Berger, 2008). The fourth characteristic is multidisciplinary which illustrates multiple academic fields contributing his or her data and insights (Berger, 2008). However, no single stage controls all development because the fifth characteristic of development is plastic.
Collective unconscious is kind of like a common personality DNA present in all human kind. This data is passed down through generations. Freud had first suggested a link in child development and the entire history of mankind but Jung took this idea on developed it further. Each society Jung believed had common personality traits and he thought that it was likely that within our collective conscious is data that goes back million years and is essential for
Psychosocial Theory 1 Running Head: PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORY Erick Erickson’s Psychosocial Theory Psy 100 11/12/2006 Psychosocial Theory 2 Erik Erikson has become one of the most influential psychoanalysts of our time. His psychosocial theory changed the way that psychologists today think about social reasoning. Unlike other theories that were made, Erikson’s theory spans throughout an entire lifespan. It begins from the early (infancy) stages of life and continues on until the elderly years of a human’s life. This paper will discuss the 8 psychosocial theories that Erikson made and will analyze the validity of each of the stages.
Life-span development and my life experie Lifespan Development (19, 07, 2010) Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………..3 Background of the study………………………………………………………………………..3 The theories and concepts in life-span development relative to the current case….……4 John Bowly and Mary Ainsworth’s attachment theory………………………………………4 Leonie Sugarman’s life-span development theory…………………………………………..5 Freud’s psychosexual theory…………………………………………………………………..7 Erik Erikson’s psychosocial theory…………………………………………………………….8 Conclusion..…………………………………………………………………………………….10 Reference List………………………………………………………………………………….12 Case Study: Life-span Development and My Life experiences Introduction Background of the study Life-span development involves all the stages of development of human beings from conception to death. It encompasses several intermediary stages such as birth through infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, and late adulthood to death. However, not all changes that occur in the life of an individual can be considered as development. Therefore, development involves a continuous and systematic pattern of changes that can be grouped into three broad categories. These changes include; physical development, cognitive development and psychosocial development (Sigelman & Rider 2006, pp.2-3).
Life Span Development Robert Diaz 9/9/13 PSY/375 Shaun-Katherine Robles The human life is developed from the time a person is born until their death. However long (or short) a person's life span is, over time, they develop both physically and cognitively. Many psychological researchers look to see how a person develops and why. Prominent figures in psychology like Sigmund Freud and Jean Piaget, along with so many others, have spent good portions of their own lifespan trying to answer these questions and give a better picture of how a person develops throughout their entire lives. Both Piaget and Freud looked at development over a life span in stages.
Sarah Kingham Psychology of Education: What is lifespan development and how does it relate to lifelong learning? Lifespan development, or what can also be referred to as life course development, can be defined as, ‘the sequence of events and experiences in a life from birth until death, and the chain of personal states and encountered situations which influence, and are influenced by this sequence of events’ (Runyan, 1978 as cited in Sugarman, 1986). Our society has constructed a series of systematic events, often related to age, that individuals progress through throughout their lifetime. There is said to be different types of change over the lifespan; changes which are ‘common to everyone in a species which are linked to specific ages’, changes which are ‘less universal’ and are often shared by subgroups i.e. different cultures, and also changes which are of a result of a ‘unique, nonshared event’ (Bee, 1997a).
Birth Order and Personality There are many myths in today’s world about what contributes to the different types of personalities. This has always been a topic that has brought about a lot of attention, because by nature people are always curious to know what is involved in character development; this contributes to the popularity of horoscopes. However, there are other parts to discovering why someone developed a specific type of personality; for example, birth order. Much research has been done on birth order and its effect on personality. The end verdict is that whether you are a first-born, middle-born, last-born or only child can cause a person to develop significant personality traits that may last until adulthood.
I feel this is the most defining aspect of Generation Y. No other generation before this has had such grand technological capabilities in every aspect possible. Laptops, smartphones, Ipads, plasma TV’s, and the internet, the possibilities are endless. I believe this technology boom has significantly impacted the way Generation Y views the world, politics, media, fashion, art and music. Generation Y has also sometimes been referred to as the Peter Pan Generation because we seem to have delayed the traditional adult rites of passage such as completing college education, marriage, buying a house and having children (Enotes.com 2012:3).