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17.237 Developmental Psychology from Adolescence to Old Age

17.237 Developmental Psychology from Adolescence to Old Age. Richard Kruk. Developmental Psychology. Development: Change Differences Assumptions: Age is important Other factors are important. Normative age-graded influences Examples? Normative history-graded influences Examples?

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17.237 Developmental Psychology from Adolescence to Old Age

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  1. 17.237Developmental Psychology from Adolescence to Old Age Richard Kruk

  2. Developmental Psychology • Development: • Change • Differences • Assumptions: • Age is important • Other factors are important

  3. Normative age-graded influences • Examples? • Normative history-graded influences • Examples? • Non-normative influences • Examples?

  4. Influences on Development • Normative • Age-graded • School • Friendship • Family • History-Graded • War, terrorism • Economy: depression • Health: AIDS, Polio, SARS • Technology:

  5. Influences on Development • Non-normative • Specific to individual • Early death of parent • Accident • Illness

  6. Ideas and Issues in Adult Development Why study adult development? • aging population • trends • Population pyramids % of Pop. % of Pop. Old Old Young Young 2000 2050

  7. Human life expectancy at birth(average life span: years) • Prehistoric 18 • Ancient Greece 20 • Ancient Rome 22 • Middle Ages 33 • 19th Century 41 • 1900 (North America)47 • 1915 55 • 1954 69 • 1967 70 • 1971 71 • 1983 75 • 1991 (Canada) 81 (Females) • 1991 (Canada) 74 (Males)

  8. Why the increase in life expectancy?

  9. Additional reasons to study adult development • social stresses: • health care, CPP • personal interest • develop potential • avoid negative experiences, lifestyles

  10. Altruism • Care, understanding of aging population • Counter negative attitudes (ageism) • Factual • Understand processes of aging

  11. Course Review • Text: Lemme (2002). Development in Adulthood: 3rd edition. • Grading: • 2 term tests, 25% each • 1 final exam (April 12-28) 35% • 25% M.C., non-cumulative • 10% essay (integrative) • In class activities • 4 video; 2 group

  12. Course Review • Domains: Physical, cognitive, personality, social • Physical • Concepts of aging • Structural and functional change over time • Reserve capacity: “over-engineered”

  13. Cognitive • Declines in some domains • Memory, timing • Gains in others • Wisdom, expertise, post-formal thinking

  14. Personality • Intimacy, generativity, integration • Social • Tasks of development?

  15. Life-Span development • lifelong process • both increases and decreases, and gains and losses, in behaviour • Is modifiable or reversible: plasticity • Multidimensional, multidirectional • Multiple cultural, social, historical contexts

  16. Video Activity 1

  17. My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. William Wordsworth, 1802.

  18. Video: 42 Up • “Show me the boy at age 7, and I will show you the man.” • Agree or disagree? Why? • Influences on development? Types? • Hand in Activity Sheet next week (meeting following the video). • Make sure you write your name

  19. Milestones and Tasks of Adulthood • Adolescence and Young Adulthood • Middle Adulthood • Late Adulthood

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