PSY 402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hair Loss, Ageism, Double Standard
20 Dec 2017
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Biopsychosocial perspective: view of development as a complex interaction of biological, psychological social processes. Biological age: indv bodily systems: physiological factors, genetics. Achieves on measures of such qualities as reaction time, memory learning ability, intelligence: cognition, emotions, personality. Sociocultural age: where people are compared to the typical ages expected for people when they occupy certain positions in life: social context, history, culture. Less alike with age: asserts that as people age, they become more different from each other, different experiences. Intra-individual differences: variations in performance within the same indv: multidirectionality: development can proceed in multiple directions w/in same person. What is an adult: age (used in research/law, social customs/norms, autonomy (financially indep. , sexual maturation, mature relationships. Developmental psychology: gains/losses, patterns of change, 18+ History of adult development: developmental psych: used to be about the children, 1920s: studies on aging started, 1940s: gerontology established as research field, erikson (1959): proposed lifespan theory (highlighting developmental change across entire lifespan)
