LIFESPAN - HUMANISTIC & GENERAL

GENERAL
1. ASPECTS OF SELF ARE CONSTANT & WHAT CHANGES
  1. CHARACTERIZATION OF LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT
    1. DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES THROUGHOUT LIFE = VAIRIED AND COMPLEXED
      1. OCCURS AT DIFFERENT RATES & AFFECTED BY INTERNAL (MOOD, FEELINGS, THOUGHTS) & EXTERNAL (ENVIRONMENT)
        DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS DUE TO GROWTH AND DECLINE OF ABILITIES AT ALL STAGES OF LIFE
        WE ARE INFLUENCED BY OUR PERSONAL ENVIRONMENT AND EXPERIENCE & HAVE ABILITY TO CHANGE
        CHANGE HAPPENS DUE TO CULTURE, HISTORY AND SOCIETY
        CONTEXTUALISM = RESULT OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AGE ( MILESTONES OF DEVELOPMENT - IE- SCHOOL - TEENAGE - ADULTHOOD ETC) & HYSTORICAL - EVOLUTION EFFECTS AND WARS
        & BIOLOGICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL HAPPENINGS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO YOU.. IE ILLNESS, BROKEN HOME, POVERTY
        DEVELOPMENT IS DIFFERENT AREAS COMING TOGETHER - NEUROSCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
2. PERSPECTIVES IN LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT
  1. EVOLUTIONARY - DEVELOPMENT & ADAPTION
    1. DARWIN - FUNCTIONALISM - BEHAVIOURS CHANGE FOR NEW ADAPTIVE PURPOSE
  2. COGNITIVE & PSYCHOMETRIC - INTERNAL MENTAL PROCESSES
    1. INTERNAL MENTAL PROCESSES & MEASURING IT.
    2. PAUL BALTES - LAB EXPERIMENT - AGEING & COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
  3. SOCIO-CULTURAL
    1. RELATIONSHIPS - SOCIAL LEARNING
      1. VYGOTSKY'S OBSERVATION = IMPORTANCE OF PLAY
  4. PSYCHOLANALYTIC
    1. EARLY INFLUENCES - ATTACHMENT
      1. AINSWORTH - STRANGE SITUATION - CHILD/ ADULT LEAVING ETC
  5. HUMANISTIC
    1. ERIKSON & PECK - RESOLVING ISSUES THROUGH LIFE - LATER CONCERNED WITH DYING
PAUL BALTES
1. DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES THROUGHOUT LIFETIME
2. OCCURS AT DIFFERENT RATES - AFFECTED BY INTERNAL/EXTERNAL FACTORS
3. CHARACTERISED BY GROWTH/DECLINE OF ABILITIES AT ALL STAGES OF LIFE
4. INFLUENCED BY PERSONAL ENVIRONMENT & EXPERIENCE
5. SOCIETIES, CULTURES & HISTORIES ARE IMPORTANT
  1. INTERACTION BETWEEN AGE RELATED FACTORS (BIOLOGICAL & MATURITY)
  2. HISTORICAL FACTORS (WAR)
  3. RANDOM INFLUENCES RELATING TO AN INDIVIDUAL
6. MIXES AFEW PERSPECTIVES - NEUROSCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT IN LATER LIFE / OLD AGE - PERSON CENTRED
1. UNDER REPRESENTED - NOT FOCUSED ON ENOUGH
2. KNOWN AS A TIME OF LOSS & DECLINE - BUT SHOULD CONSIDER GROWTH AND DECLINE IN ABILITY
  1. SOCIAL CONTEXT OF AGING IS IMPORTANT
HUMANISTIC
1. HUMANISTIC - ERIKSON
  1. EACH STAGE OF A PERSONS LIFE NEEDS A RESOLUTION OF AN ISSUE
    1. MOST CHANGES IN ERIKSONS THEORY HAPPEN IN EARLY LIFE - IN LATER LIFE WE ARE CONCERNED WITH DYING
  2. LEVINSON
2. PECK
  1. SPLIT ERIKSONS LAST STAGE IN 2 - MIDDLE AGE AND OLD AGE
    1. CHARACTERISING LATER LIFE IN A MORE POSITIVE LIGHT - GAINING WISDOM & SHOWING IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS
      1. CULTURALLY SPECIFIC - AGE PEOPLE HAVE CHILDREN, CHILDREN LEAVE HOME, ENFORCED RETIREMENT
DEVELOPMENT IN LATER LIFE - FUNCTION / MEMORY
1. CAN STUDY DEVELOPMENT OF FUNCTION - MEMORY
2. HOLLAND & RABBIT - SITUATION INFLUENCES COGNITIVE IN LATER LIFE
3. MAYLOR
  1. TESTS ON GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (SEMANTIC) IMPROVE WITH AGE
4. NOICE
  1. MEMORY STRATERGIES & REPETITION CAN IMPROVE POOR MEMORY PERFORMANCE
5. OLDER ADULTS MAY USE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES - SOC
  1. SELECTION - DO LESS THINGS
  2. OPTIMISATION - PRACTICE THEM MORE
  3. COMPENSATION - GO SLOWER
DEVELOPMENT IN LATER LIFE - INTELLIGENCE
1. SOME TASKS SHOW LITTLE DECLINE - EG VERBAL OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
  1. COMPREHENSION, VERBAL MEMORY & VOCAB. TESTS REQUIRE EXPERIENCE - CRYSTALLISED INTELLIGENCE
    1. NON VERBAL TASK = MARKED DECLINE WITH AGE -
      1. EG TASKS THAT MEASURE EFFICIENCY OF BRAIN FUNCTIONING & PROCESSING SPEED ( FLUID INTELLIGENCE)
2. DEARY ET AL
  1. PEOPLE WITH HIGHER VERBAL ABILITY, HIGH SOCIAL CLASS & GOOD EDUCATION = LESS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE DECLINE IN VERBAL ABILITY WITH AGE
3. OLDER PEOPLES REASONING IS SOCIALLY & CONTEXTUALLY ORIENTATED

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