PSY313H5 Chapter 1: Chapter 1-PSY213

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Chapter 1: adult development and aging in a changing world. Change: difference in someone from one time to another. Development: is systematic because it is coherent and organized and it is adaptive because it is aimed at dealing with internal and external conditions of existence. Learning: development may involve this; it is the long-lasting changes in behaviour as a result in experience. Maturation (of brain or physical systems + structures of the body): development may also involve this; this is the unfolding of a biologically determined sequence of behaviour patterns including readiness to master new abilities. How the study of adult development and aging evolved. G. stanley hall opened senescence: the last half of life. Full lifespan programs developed from programs designed to follow children through adulthood. Lifespan development: human development continues throughout one s life (which is affiliated with the study of: lifespan developmental psychology). Paul b. baltes key principles for lifespan developmental approach: