HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Individuals of all ages possess the capacity for positive change in response to environmental demands

• Multicontextual

• ageism

• quantitative change

• Plasticity

the gradual unfolding of a genetically programmed sequential pattern of change

• norm-referenced tests

• stages

• maturation

• qualitative change

- the scientific study of age-related changes in behavior, thinking, emotion,

• human development

• Blank Slate (John Locke)

• quantitative change

• cognitive domain

All human beings are naturally good and seek out experiences that help them grow

• Innate Goodness (Jean Rousseau)

• nature–nurture debate

• normative history-graded changes

• sensitive period

the debate about the relative contributions of biological processes and experiential factors to development

• norm-referenced tests

• nature–nurture debate

• Multicontextual

• Interdisciplinary research

a set of age norms defining a sequence of life experiences that is considered normal in a given culture and that all individuals in that culture are expected to follow

• human development

• social clock

• norms average

• sensitive period

prejudicial attitudes about older adults that characterizes them in negative ways

• qualitative change

• physical domain

• ageism

• lifespan perspective

Research from different kinds of disciplinary perspectives (e.g., anthropology, economics, psychology) is needed to fully understand lifespan development.

• cognitive domain

• norms average

• Interdisciplinary research

• Multicontextual

nature of development: Individual development occurs within several interrelated contexts (e.g., family, neighborhood, culture).

• normative age-graded changes

• cognitive domain

• Multicontextual

• Multicontextual

changes that are common to every member of a species

• physical domain

• cognitive domain

• normative age-graded changes

• physical domain