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A Topical Approach to LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT
Chapter One:
Introduction
John W. Santrock
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The Life-Span Perspective
• The Importance of Studying Life-Span Development
• The Historical Perspective• Characteristics of the Life-Span Perspective• Development — pattern of change that
begins at conception and continues through life span
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Importance of Studying Life-Span Development
• Experiences influence development– Maximum human life span unchanged– Life expectancy — average number of years a
person is expected to live when born in a particular year has changed
– Developmental change occurs during adulthood as well as childhood
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Importance of Studying Life-Span Development
• Characteristics of the Life-Span Perspective
– Lifelong– Multidimensional– Multidirectional– Plastic– Multidisciplinary
– Contextual– Growth– Maintenance– Regulation of loss
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Importance of Studying Life-Span Development
• Development is contextual– Normative age-graded influences
• Shared by a particular age group
– Normative history-graded influences• Shared by a specific generation
– Nonnormative life events• Unique to the individual
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Importance of Studying Life-Span Development
• Some contemporary concerns:– Health and well-being– Parenting and education
• Sociocultural contexts and diversity– Culture– Ethnicity– Socioeconomic status– Gender
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Importance of Studying Life-Span Development
• Social policy — laws, regulations, and government programs that influence citizens’ welfare– U.S. family policies overwhelmingly treatment
oriented
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The Aging of America
Fig. 1.5
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Processes in Development
Fig. 1.6
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Nature of Development
• Development period — time frame in one’s life characterized by certain events– Interplay of biological, cognitive, and sociological
processes– Each period has its own stresses, ups and downs,
and concerns– Variations in capabilities of same age individuals
occur in all periods of development
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Nature of Development
• Periods of development
• Prenatal Period• Infancy• Early childhood• Middle and late
childhood
• Adolescence• Early adulthood• Middle adulthood• Late adulthood
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Nature of Development
• Significance of age– Age and happiness
• Some studies — no differences for each age group• Some found “U-shaped” results — lowest happiness at
30-40 years of age• U.S. research — happiness increases with age
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Nature of Development
• Conceptions of age– Chronological age — number of years elapsed
since person’s birth– Biological age — in terms of biological health– Psychological age — one’s adaptive capacities– Social age — social roles and expectations
related to one’s age
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Nature of Development
• Developmental issues– Nature and nurture
• Inheritance or environment?
– Stability and change• Traits and characteristics; capacity for change?
– Continuity and discontinuity• Gradual or abrupt changes in development?
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Continuity and Discontinuity
in Development
Fig. 1.9
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Theories of Development
• Theory — interrelated set of ideas that helps to explain data, make predictions
• Hypotheses — assertions or predictions, often derived from theories that can be tested
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Theories of Development
• Psychoanalytic Theories– Development is primarily unconscious, heavy with
emotion– Behavior is surface characteristic of development– Analyze symbolic meanings of behavior and deep
inner workings of the mind for true meaning of development
– Early childhood experiences stressed (ages 1-5)
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Theories of Development
• Freud’s theory– Id, ego, and superego create personality– Defense mechanisms and repression – Anxiety and defense mechanisms– Five stages of psychosexual development– Criticisms: overemphasized sexual instincts,
unconscious is more important today
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Freudian Stages
Fig. 1.10
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Theories of Development
• Erikson’s psychosocial theory– Primary motive for human behavior is social;
desire to affiliate with others– Developmental changes throughout life span– Experiences at all ages are important– Criticisms: stages have positive/negative poles,
crisis in each stage needs resolution
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Erikson’s Eight Life-Span Stages
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Theories of Development
• Cognitive Theories– Emphasize conscious thoughts– Three major theories
• Piaget’s cognitive development• Vygotsky’s sociocultural cognitive theory• Information processing theory
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Theories of Development
• Piaget’s cognitive developmental theory– Children actively construct their knowledge– Each of the four stages
• Age-related• Has a distinct way of thinking• Has different way of understanding the world• Child’s cognition is “qualitatively” different
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Piaget’s Four Stages of Cognitive Development
Fig. 1.12
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Theories of Development
• Vygotsky’s sociocultural cognitive theory– Children actively construct their knowledge– Culture and social interaction guide cognitive
development• Learning to use inventions of society• Learning from social interactions with more skilled adults
and peers• Interaction creates tools to adapt to culture
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Theories of Development
• Information-Processing theory– Brain is compared to computer’s hardware– Cognition is viewed as computer software– Individuals acquire increasingly complex
information– Thinking: perceive, encode, represent, store, and
retrieve information– Good strategies: important to development
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Information-Processing Theory
OUTPUTINPUT
math
historyreligion
culture
science
literature
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Theories of Development
• Behavioral and Social Cognitive Theories– Behaviorism — scientific studies can only be
based on direct observations and measures– Development is observable behavior
• Learned from experiences/environment• Development does not occur in stages; advocates
continuity
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Theories of Development
• Skinner’s operant conditioning– Consequences, rewards and punishment, shape
behavior• No emphasis on thoughts, feelings
– Development is pattern of behavioral changes• Modifying environment produces change • Changes determined by consistency experiences,
rewards or punishments
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Theories of Development
• Bandura’s social cognitive theory– Behavior, environment, and cognition are key to
development– Behavior is learned through observation and
imitating (modeling) – Behavior of others is cognitively evaluated,
strategies created for successful learning
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Bandura’s Social Cognitive Model
Fig. 1.13
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Theories of Development
• Ethological Theory– Emphasis on biology and evolution, sensitive
periods of development, and careful observations– Lorenz: imprinting
• Animals’ rapid, innate learning process involving “attachment”
• Critical period is early in life
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Theories of Development
• Ethological Theory– Bowlby
• Used ideas of Lorenz• “Attachment” determines development• Positive and secure, negative and insecure• Sensitive period is in infancy• Promotes good social relationships
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Theories of Development
• Ecological theory– Bronfenbrenner’s view that development
influenced by five environmental system• Microsystem• Mesosystem• Exosystem• Macrosystem• Chronosystem
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Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory
Fig. 1.14
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Theories of Development
• Eclectic theoretical approach– Life-span development is complex– Each theory has contribution to understanding
development• Selects from best features of each
– A mistake to rely on only one theory
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Research in Life-Span Development
• Methods for Collecting Data– Observation:
• Laboratory • Naturalistic observation
– Cultural concerns
– Survey and interview• Self-report, clear and unbiased questions
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Research in Life-Span Development
• Methods for Collecting Data– Standardized test– Case study
• Focus on aspects of individual’s life• Unique, cannot be duplicated
– Physiological measures• Blood tests, MRI
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Research in Life-Span Development
• Methods for Collecting Data– Descriptive research:
• Observe and record
– Correlational research: • Prediction based on strength of relationship• Correlation coefficient (+1.00 to -1.00)
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Possible Explanations for Correlational Data
Fig. 1.19
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Research in Life-Span Development
• Methods for Collecting Data– Experimental research
• Causality and effect• Dependent (Y) and independent (X) variables• Control and experimental groups• Random assignment of subjects• Manipulation of independent (X) variable
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Principles of Experimental Research
Fig. 1.18
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Research in Life-Span Development
• Time Span of Research– Cross-sectional approach
• Compares different age groups at the same time on a variety of dependent variables
– Longitudinal approach• Studies same group over long period of time
– Cohort effects: time of birth, generation, era
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Research in Life-Span Development
• Research Journals– Learning about journal process is beneficial– Scholarly and academic information published– Articles evaluated before publishing– Some journals more prestigious than others– Organization of article
• Abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion, references
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Research in Life-Span Development
• Conducting Ethical Research– APA guidelines address
• Informed consent, confidentiality• Debriefing, deception
– Minimizing bias (gender, culture, ethnicity)• Ethnic gloss — overgeneralizing about ethnic group(s)
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The End