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SPH-F 150 Intro to Lifespan Development Exam 1 (1)
SPH-F 150 Intro to Lifespan Development Exam 1 (1)
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SPH-F 150 Intro to Lifespan Development Exam 1development is: - ANS-- lifelong
- multidimensional
- multidirectional
- plastic (changes)
- multidisciplinary
- contextual
- involves growth, maintenance and regulation of loss
- a co-construction of BIOLOGY, CULTURE, INDIVIDUAL (goodness of fit is the important thing)
birth to death: human behavior is complex - ANS-- everything in lifespan is on a continuum
- what is the right theory of human development?
- feedback loops
- intersecting systems
- lens
everything in lifespan is on a continuum - ANS-- example: low socioeconomic status
- low SES is not all the same - some may be homeless while others may be struggling through
college but will graduate
what is the right theory of human development? - ANS-- explained patterns of behavior that we
see, but not thinking those patterns are the only way they are going to be
feedback loops - ANS-- everything affects and is affected by everything else
- individual, family, community
intersecting systems - ANS-- biology, sociology, geography
- example: if live in Alaska in a small village (from an Eskimo tribe), you have the knowledge that
most other people do not have - to survive & stay safe
lens - ANS-- nature & nurture
- economics
- SES class
- gender, culture, ethnicity
- how you see the world, live your life, and how you make decisions
critical thinking - ANS-- "critical thinking is self-guided, self-disciplined thinking which attempts
highest level of quality in a fair-minded way"
- be aware of your own lens
- think outside your comfort zone
- analyze without emotion: impossible, wired to survive; emotion helps to survive (like fear)
, - agree to disagree - respect
current topics: birth - ANS-- when does life begin?
- cloning
- abortion
- breastfeeding in public
childhood - ANS-- early public education - headstart, preschool
- gender roles
- bullying
adolescence - ANS-- lower the drinking age?
- when should sex begin?
- body image
- Crime and punishment
adulthood: family forms - ANS-- what is a family?
- tradition
- local culture
- law
- varieties: man woman child/children, single adult child/children, single adult & pet, opposite
sex adult and children, multigenerational
death - ANS-- when does death occur?
- green burial (body neither cremated or prepared with chemicals, most simplistic)
- assisted death
- body after death: Gunther von Hagens b 1945, Germany: anatomist, phastination, body worlds
bodyworlds.com
scientific study - ANS-- describe the changes that typically occur across the human life span
- understand & explain these changes - to specify the determinants of change
- predict developmental changes
- control or intervene in the course of events
- QUESTION EVERYTHING: theory --> prediction --> experiment --> observation
biological systems - ANS-- genetics
- physical development
psychological systems - ANS-- personality/temperament
social & environmental systems - ANS-- family
- peer
- community
- culture
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