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Life-span development chap. notes
Title: Life-span development chap. notes
Category: Social Sciences / Psychology
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Life-span development chap. notes
I.
Life-Span Perspective
A.
Historical - view of children and child development has changed throughout history
1. Aries used samples of art to conclude life development consisted of only two phases:
* Infancy and adulthood
* Results biased toward only studying European Aristocrats
2. Egyptians, Grecians and Romans held rich conceptions of children's development
3. Three Philosophical Views
* Original Sin (Middle Ages) - children are inherently evil and societal constraints and salvation are necessary for children to become mature adults
* Tabula rasa (17…showed first 75 words of 571 total…
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B. Continuity and Discontinuity
1. Continuity - gradual cumulative change from conceptive onward
2. Discontinuity - distinct stages and qualitative changes
C. Stability and Change
1. Stability - older version of his or her younger self
2. Change - individual becomes different with age
3. Dialectical model - emphasizes continual change resulting from an individual's action and reaction to social and historical conditions
4. Extent to which experiences early or later in life play a prominent role in development
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