PSY BEH 101D Lecture 10: Lecture 10

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Psychology and Social Behavior
• Course: PSY BEH 101D
• Professor: Jutta Heckhausen

Document Summary

Lecture 10: the individual as an active developmental. Individuals as co-producers of their own development: how individuals" characteristics passively influence their development, actively influence developmental course. Seize opportunities at different point of time (when independent) Shape developmental ecology by social networks (where to live, who to socialize; leading to effects on oneself) Selection, optimization and compensation (soc): to strive for goals: selection: selecting preferred activities and goals, optimization: investing one"s resources in selected activities/goals, compensation: strategies used when encountering obstacles which they have shortcomings to; investing more resources to compensate. Motivation theory of life-span development: strives to maintain and expand primary control over environment and own development. About having effect on the environment: processes: Optimization: selecting goals and what"s important for the present/future. Goal disengagement: when goal is not feasible/attainable. Individuals as co-producers: motivational approach, striving for desired outcomes. Life course as a field of action (battlefield: opportunities and constraints affect goal striving (setting)