This summary consists all chapters of "Experiencing the Lifespan" by Janet Belsky (5th edition). I summarized main concepts and findings related to the different stages of life, that are mentioned in this book.
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Summary of "Experiencing The Lifespan"
Ontwikkelingsleer - Uitgebreide Samenvatting (2020) (Experiencing the Lifespan - Belsky, 5th edition ISBN 9781319248666)
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2018/ 2019
Developmental
Psychology
, CHAPTER 1
pp . 2- 33
The people and the field
DEVELOP Researchers and practitioners whose professional interest lies in the study
-
MENTALISTS
of the human lifespan .
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LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT -
The scientific study of development through life .
CHILD DEVELOPMENT The scientific study development from birth adolescence
-
of through .
GERONTOLOGY The scientific study of the and older adults
-
aging process .
ADULT The scientific study of adult life
-
DEVELOPMENT .
D Lifespan development
↳ is multidisciplinary
D e g neuroscience nursing psychology and social policy
-
- .
, , ,
↳ explores the predictable milestones on our human journey
↳ focuses on the individual differences that give spice to human life
→ e. g .
What causes these differences ?
↳ explores the impact of life transitions and practices
-
D normative transitions ( e.g . retirement )
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D non -
normative transitions ( e.g . divorce ,
death of a child ,
etc . )
NORMATIVE TRANSITIONS Predictable life development
changes that occur during
-
.
NON NORMATIVE TRANSITIONS Unpredictable atypical life
changes that during development
-
or occur
-
.
CONTEXTS OF Fundamental markers including cohort socioeconomic status and
-
, ,
,
DEVELOPMENT gender ,
that shape how we develop throughout the lifespan .
2.SE#INGTHECONTEXT2.ATHE1MPACTOFCOH0RT-
The
-
COHORT age group with whom we travel through life .
→ Our cohort has a major impact on our adult life
BABY BOOM COHORT The born between 1946 and 1964
huge age group
-
.
D Childhood and adolescence as we know it today is a
young development in
human history
EMERGING ADULTHOOD The phase of life that begins after high school lasts through the
-
,
late twenties
,
and is devoted to constructing an adult life .
, AVERAGE UFE EXPECTANCY A person 's fifty fifty chance at birth of living to given age
-
-
a .
-
D used to be much lower
TWENTIETH CENTURY
-
The dramatic life expectancy that occurred
increase in average
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LIFE EXPECTANCY during the first half of the twentieth century in the developed
REVOLUTION world .
MAXIMUM LIFESPAN
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The biological limit of human life ( about 105 years ) .
D The extension of the lifespan changed our ideas about every life stage
YOUNG -
OLD
-
People in their sixties and seventies .
OLD -
OLD -
people age 80 and older .
D The internet and income inequalities influence and define our lives
INCOME INEQUALITY The gap between the rich and poor within a nation specifically when
-
; ,
income inequality is wide ,
a nation has few very affluent residents
and a mass of disadvantaged citizens .
UPWARD MOBILITY Rising social class and/or economic status from 's childhood
-
in one .
→
Today ,
children only have a 50150 chance
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SOCIOECONOMIC A basic marker educational
referring to status and
-
STATUS on the ,
especially , income rungs .
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D major impact on development at
every life stage
DEVELOPED WORLD
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The most affluent countries in the world .
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D high life expectancy ,
small income inequality access to good education and
,
modern medical care
DEVELOPING WORLD The impoverished countries of the world
-
more .
→ least -
developed countries : no indoor plumbing ,
clean running water ,
or access to education
D
Sigmund Freud transformed the way we think about human beings
↳ psychoanalytic theory
-
D roots of emotional problems lie in repressed feelings from early childhood
D id and
ego superego
-
, ,
↳ Human beings are irrational
life
↳
Lifelong caregiving during
'
mental health depends on our parents early
Self to
↳ -
understanding is key living a
fulfilling adult life
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