Introduction of Lifespan Development

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Hasazmah (BP10110085)
Wan Nurshuhaila
(BP10110439)
Mohd Hisyamudin (BP10110165)
Mohd Saifuddin(BP10110174)
Mohd Azwan (BP10110159)

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The Importance of Studying LifeSpan Development

To see yourself as an infant, as
a child, and as an adolescent,
and be stimulated to think about
how those years influenced the
kind of individual you are today

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Characteristics of the LifeSpan Perspective

Development is Multidimensional
Development is lifelong
Development is contextual
Development is multidirectional
Development is plastic
Development Science is
Multidisciplinary
Development involves growth,
maintenance, and regulation of loss
Development is a co-construction of
biology, culture, and the individual

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Some Contemporary Concerns

Health

and well-being

Parenting

and Education

Sociocultural contexts and

diversity

- culture , cross cultural studies,

ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES)
and gender
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The Nature of
Development
Biological
Process

Cognitive
Process

Socioemotiona
l process

The product of biological, cognitive and socioemotional

process
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Periods of development

Prenatal period
Infancy (18-24 months)
Early childhood (2-5 years)
Middle and late childhood (6-11
years)
Adolescence (10-12 to 18-21 years)
Early adulthood (20s to 30s)
Middle adulthood (40s to 50s)
Late adulthood (60s 70s to death)
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The significance of age

Age and Happiness

Conceptions of age

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Developmental issues

Nature and Nurture

Stability and Change

Continuity and Discontinuity

Evaluating the Developmental

Issue

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Theories of Development

Psychoanalytic theories
- Freuds Theory

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Erikson Psychosocial Theory

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Cognitive Theory
Piagets Cognitive
Developmental Theory

Piagets Four Stages of Cognitive Development

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 Vygotskys

Sociocultural Cognitive

Theory
- emphasize how culture and social
interaction guide cognitive
development
Behavioral

and Social Cognitive

Theories
- Skinners Operant Conditioning
- Banduras Social Cognitive Theory

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Ethological

Theory

Ecological Theory
Bronfenbrenners Ecological Theory of Development

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Research In Life-Span
Development
methods for collecting data
- observation
- survey and interview
- standardized test
- case study
- physiological measures

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research designs
-Descriptive
-Correlational
-Experimental Research

time span of research

- Cross-Sectional
-Longitudinal Approach

Conducting Ethical Research

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