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lifespan psych
Developmental stages across the lifespan
Question | Answer |
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lifespan development (language) | refer to age-related changes that occur from birth, through out a persons life into and during old age Psychologists aim to understand, describe, explain and predict the many ways in which our thoughts feelings and behaviour change throughout our lives |
Stages | • Infancy birth - 2 • Childhood 2-10 • Adolescence 10-20 • Early adulthood 20-40 • Middle age 40-65 • Older age 65+ |
Physical development | Involves the changes in the body such as development of the brain and nervous system, bones, muscles, motor skills, hormonal changes of puberty and menopause Fine motorr - small muscle Gross motor - large muscle |
cognitive development | Involves the changes in an individual’s mental abilities ;such as process information through perception learning, language, moral resaoning, problem solving and decision making |
Social development | Involves changes in an individuals relationships with other people and their skills in interacting with others, such as their ability to form and maintain close relationships with others in a group situation |
Emotional development | Involves changes in how an individual experiences different feelings and how these feelings are expressed interpreted and dealt with |