Megan Jones
Radford University
Developmental Perspective Paper The life-span perspective views development as lifelong, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual, and as a process that involves growth, maintenance, and regulation of loss. Development is the pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues through the human life span. Late adulthood is the longest developmental period. It starts from ages sixty to seventy and lasts until death. Age can be described biological, cognitive, and socioemotional dimensions. Erikson’s Integrity versus Despair is the final developmental stage experienced in late adulthood. An older person will reflect on their life during these years of their lives. They will reflect and evaluate whether their life was meaningful, integrity is achieved and if not the person will go through despair. Erickson proposed that individuals go through distinct stages throughout development of the life span.
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She want to be remember a good and hard worker when she was employed. She worked in a textile mill for most of her life. She said it was hard labor but it was a way to provide for her family. When they closed the textile mill she then became employed at a nursing home. She worked in the nursing home for 7 years and then she later retired. Exiting the workforce she came out with a good attitude about the workforce. She is proud that she had good reports while working. Not having a job now she dedicates her work to church and volunteering. She lets her work speak for her. She want to be remembered as a hard and dedicated worker. She says she had a life well spent with no regrets and made amends with people she wronged. My interviewee is optimistic about life and the future she knows that one day her time will come and she is prepared because she is sure there is eternal life prepared for