Life Span Perspective of Human Development

This presentation explores the life span perspective of human development, which is a multidimensional, lifelong, and contextual process. It covers the four stages of human growth, three major theories of human growth and development, and the influence of heredity and environment on human development. The presentation also discusses the aspects of the life span perspective, including cultural, biological, and physical environmental factors.

LIFE SPAN PERSPECTIVE
OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
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LIFE SPAN PERSPECTIVE
• The perspective that the process of development is
multidimensional, lifelong , multidisciplinary and contextual.
• It involves the maintenance, growth and the regulations (Bogin,
2015)
• It is constructed through the socio cultural, biological and individual
factors that works together.
• “DEVELOPMENT IS A LIFELOMG PROCESS”

HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
• Growth in the context of human refers to the increase in the size of
individual.
• Development refers to the procedure by which an individual develops his or
her skills related to psychomotor.
• There are 4 stages within the period of human growth. That is from the birth
to adolescence.
1. Infancy
2. Childhood
3. Juvenile
4. adolescence

THEORIES RELATED TO HUMAN GROWTH
AND DEVELOPMENT
• The developmental psychology is that branch that studies with how
individuals grow and alter over the entire course of the lifetime.
• The scientific growth of the development and growth of human is not
only important to psychology but also for sociology, education,
biology, anthropology, healthcare and education (Green, 2016).
• The three major theories of human growth and development are:
1. Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development
2. Kohlberg's theory of moral development
3. Erickson’s stages of development

ERIK ERIKSON'S THEORY OF
PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
• The theory Illustrates the effect of social
experiences through out the entire
lifespan.
• Main element is the development of ego
identity
• Senses of the competencies motivates the
actions and behaviours (Noe et al., 2017)
• Ego identity is the conscious sense that
constantly changes for the new
experiences and the data required for
daily interactions

KOHLBERG'S THEORY OF MORAL
DEVELOPMENT
• Jean Piaget work was expanded by
Lawrence Kohlberg for the explanation
of development an moral reasoning.
• The theory explains that moral
development is a life long continuous
procedure that occurs through out the
entire lifespan (Payne and Isaacs,
2017).
• “ The Heinz Dilemma”
• Level 1: Pre-conventional Morality
• Level 2: Conventional Morality
• Level 3: Post-conventional Morality

ERICKSON’S STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
• Erik Erikson is famous for the theory
regarding the psycho social and
physical development (Yang et al.,
2016).
• The theory divides the development
and the growth of human life is several
developmental milestones.

ASPECTS OF THE LIFE SPAN
PERSPECTIVE
• Lifespan development is the progress way of development among humans that begins with
conception and ends at death.
• The perspective of lifespan examines the alteration taking place in each of the development
that is relative to their environment factors influencing alteration (Zittoun and Gillespie,
2015).
• The three perspective of lifespan perspective involves cultural, biological and physical
environmental factors.
1. Multidimensional
2. Plastic
3. Contextual
4. Plastic
5. Lifelong
6. Growth, maintenance and regulation regarding loss

LIFESPAN PERSPECTIVE

INFLUENCE OF HERIDITY OVER HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
• Heredity and genes plays an
essential role regarding the
transmission of social and
physical characteristics from
parents to off springs.
• Several characteristics
regarding development and
growth includes aptitudes,
intelligence, hair colour, eyes
and structure if body which
are highly influenced by the
factors of heredity.

INFLUENCE OF ENVIORNMENT OVER
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
• The environment influences over the
physical development and physical growth
of human has targeted over the influences
of economic and social factors; the
characteristics of the household and
family, modernization, the features related
to physical environment, nutrition like
temperature, altitude and the climate.
• Environment influences genes involving
hormones and also external environment
like drugs.

HERIDITY AND ENVIORNMENT

REFERENCES
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