PSY 402 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2&3: Umber, Longitudinal Study, Ageism
11 Nov 2015
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Both nature and nurture has an in uence on life span change. Re ecting these changes, the term developmental science is gradually replacing the term. The nature-nurture debate stimulated many classical studies in child development i. e. whether. Continuity theory whether disengagement or activity is bene cial to the older adults work, families, and community depends on individual"s personality. Ageism as a social factor in the aging process. In each stage there"s a crisis, how well you deal it determines how well your personality. 2 bad outcomes basic weakness: malignant (worse) only developing bad way of coping, basic weakness: maladaptive if you only learn the good way coping without learning the bad. Ideal outcome is basic strength: aka ego strength and basic virtue, where you keep a little of develops the bad formal operations (11+ years) Piaget : 4 stages of cognitive development: sensorimotor (0-2 years, pre-operational (2-7 years, concrete operations (7-11 years) Determines if there"s a relationship between two variables.
