Human Development — Psychology STD 11 Humanities — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 HumanitiesPsychologyHuman Development5 Marks
Question
Describe the main features of life-span perspective on development.
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Answer
The main features of life span perspective on development are as follows:
Development is lifelong i.e., it takes place across all age groups starting from conception to old age. It includes gain and losses which interact in dynamic ways throughout the life span.
The various processes of human development i.e., biological cognitive, and socio-emotional are interwoven in the development of a person throughout the life span.
Development is multi-directional some dimension or component of given dimension of development may increases, while other show decrement. For example, the experience of adults may make them wiser and guide their decisions. However, with an increase in age, one's performance is likely to decreases on tasks requiring speed, such as running.
Development is the concerns of number of disciplines. Different disciplines like psychology, anthropology, sociology and neurosciences study human development, each trying to provide answers to development throughout the life span.
Development is highly plastic, i.e., within person, modifiability is found in psychological development though plasticity varies among individuals.
Development is influenced by historical conditions. For example, the career orientation of school student today is very different from those students today is very different from those students who were in schools 50 years ago.
An individual’s responds and acts on context, which includes what was inherited, the physical environment, social historical and cultural contexts. For example, the life events in everyone lives are not the same, such as, death of a parent, accident, earthquake, etc. Affects the course of one life as also the positive influences such as winning an award or getting a good job. People keep on changing with changing contexts.
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