LIFESPAN OVERVIEW DEVELOPMENT What is development How do

LIFE-SPAN: OVERVIEW

DEVELOPMENT What is “development? ” How do you define it?

WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT? Gain some insight about your own development Know more about what you face as you continue your own development Learn more about your peers & your caregivers

WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LIFE-SPAN PERSPECTIVE? Development is: Lifelong - you never stop developing Multidimensional – you grow in more than one way Contextual – the place you are in age influences history influences life events

WHAT ARE THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES? Biological, Cognitive, & Socioemotional Biological Processes (Physical Development) Cognitive Processes (Psychological Dev) Socioemotional Processes (Relationship Skills)

DEVELOPMENTAL PERIODS Periods of Development Prenatal Period Infancy Early Childhood Middle and Late Childhood Adolescence Early Adulthood Middle Adulthood Late Adulthood

WHAT ARE THE 4 CONCEPTIONS OF AGE? Chronological Age The age you are now Biological Age Physical age Psychological Age Mental age Social Age Ability to make friends w/peers & nonpeers

DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES Nature and Nurture Stability and Change Continuity and Discontinuity

What Are Piaget’s Four Stages of Cognitive Development? Birth to 2 SENSORIMOTOR STAGE: years of age The infant constructs an understanding of the world by coordinating sensory experiences with physical actions: progressing from reflexive, instinctual action at birth to the beginning of symbolic thought toward end of the stage. 2 to 7 years Preoperational Stage: of age The child begins to use words & images to explain their world. These words & images reflect increased symbolic thinking and go beyond the connection of sensory information and physical action. 7 to 11 years Concrete Operational Stage: of age The child can reason logically about concrete (real) events & classify objects into different sets. 11– 15 YEARS of Formal Operational Stage through The adolescent reasons in more abstract idealistic adulthood & logical ways.

ERIKSON’S PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORY 8 stages of development Psychosocial crisis at each stage The stages: Trust Versus Mistrust (First Year) Autonomy Versus Shame and Doubt (1 -3 years) Initiative Versus Guilt (3 -5 years) Industry Versus Isolation (6 years – puberty) Identity Versus Identity Confusion (10 -20 years) Intimacy Versus Isolation (20 s, 30 s) Generativity Versus Stagnation (40 s, 50 s) Integrity Versus Despair (60 s onward)