PSY BEH 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Inequality
18 Oct 2016
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Sources of influence: biology: (physical characteristics, maturation, aging, nutrition, radiation), society: (medical-technical advancement, social inequality, social mobility, educational system, career tracks, retirement laws). Individual: (commitment to developmental goals, enduring motives, personality, flexibility of adjusting one"s goals to opportunities, shaping one"s own social ecology). Patterning of influence: history-graded: universal for people living at the same time, age-graded: universal for members of a given age group. Havighurst"s developmental tasks: what is expected for a particular age to do (ex. 4 - go to preschool): non-normative: idiosyncratic; unique, not shared with age peers or contemporaries. Maturation: complex patterns, illness not just growth, but also changes of body composition. Principle of historical time and place: does matter when you are and where. Principle of linked lives: development of parents can affect you. Principle of human agency: how individuals optimize their own lives and take advantage of all opportunities. Integration of influences and making them into research programs:
