...able to remain physically active and utilizes exercise to maintain her fitness. The individuals experience with menopause, though different are in line with research. The expressed decline in health is also typical according to research and while different from the other, both are within expectations during this life stage. Research does state that those who are more able to remain physical active are likely to be healthier than their counterparts. Both individuals discussed their decline in memory and use the same method to prevent forgetting important information, by writing down important information they were worried about forgetting they are able to deal with this development in their life. Despite their decline in memory both individuals utilize their life experience to cope with new and ongoing situations. Research states that there are two approaches to death for those in this stage of life; both interviewees lost their partners, siblings and other loved ones. They were able to approach the situation with acceptance when not faced with sudden deaths. They use religion to help ease the pain and grief of the death of loved ones. Both see death as a stage in life and have been able to accept death as an eventuality and not something to be...
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...controlled changes influence development e.g. puberty. It’s maturing as a person. Life course is a map of what is expected to happen at the various stages of the human life cycle. In today’s modern world biology alone no longer controls the life course and huge variety is now found e.g. getting married, having children, where you will live. Life expectancy is an estimate of the number of years a person can expect to live, on average. Developmental norms (developmental milestones) is the average set of expectations for a child’s development, however it is important to remember that each child is unique. Delayed development is when the norms aren’t reached in the certain time they are expected to. Potential causes and effects * Brain damage * Poor social interaction with carers * Disease * Visual disability * Hearing disability * Poor nutrition Arrested development is when development has stopped prematurely. Holistic development is the whole development and growth. All the P.I.E.S are likely to interact with each other. Genetics Predisposition to particular conditions – more risk but doesn’t mean you’ll actually get a disease/condition Inherited In your genes Passed on from your parents Influence on how you will be in your life up to a certain point. More/less at risk of getting a disease or illness. Cystic fibrosis, asthma, brittle bone disease Biological Biological life starts at conception – caused in the womb Not genetic Whether mother drink...
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...have pretended to develop myself as my character (Infancy- 18 months) The first year of life my character doesn’t have a hard time catching on with learning. At her infancy stage she is highly loved and loveable as well as easy to handle. The occurrence that takes place in her infancy stage is being surrounded by many family who are outgoing, talkative and intellectual. This is a successful outcome for this stage because she will grow to be outgoing and sociable as their reflection along with being affectionate to others from the attention she was given in this stage. (Early child hood 2-3 years) In the early childhood stage Crystal is becoming curious and attempting to achieve some type of independence such as feeding herself and learning to use the bathroom on her own. Crystal is speaking and saying small words and already walking. This stage is a success with the interactive behavior from the parents and family being encouraging of independence and autonomy. (Preschool 3 to 5 years) Crystal is taught become aware of helping family with small chores and assisting with younger siblings. The success of this stage is the given purpose in life and power. (School age 6 to 11 years) Crystal now understands the importance of school work and teachers expecting her to complete certain educational tasks. In this stage the conflicts are industry Vs inferiority. The success of this stage leads to a sense of competency. (Adolescence 12 to 18) Crystal is surrounded by friends...
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...In life we go through different stages, one minute we are little babies having no worries in the world and next thing we know we’ve got a big bag of responsibilities and problems. The people who make up our lives usually have a great influence on us. Some of these influences might not be that great but others might. As teenagers we go through lots of changes with our body physically and mentally and with little experience we sometimes end up doing things which later on catch up to us and ruin our perfect future. Underage drinking for example is one of the big problems that teenagers get dragged into. Each year, approximately 5,000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking. About 1900 deaths are caused because of vehicle crashes, 1600 are caused of homicides, 300 from suicide and hundreds more die from other injuries such as falling, burning, drowning etc. Even with all these accidents and problems underage drinking still continues to be a widespread problem. According to data from the 2005 Monitoring the Future (MTF) study, three-fourths of 12th graders, more than two-thirds of 10th graders, and about two in every five 8th graders have consumed alcohol. Teenagers not knowing or having the experience of consuming alcohol tend to drink intensively usually consuming four to five drinks at one time. People who start drinking at young age usually become alcoholics by the time they reach adulthood. Drinking causes teenagers to fail at school and other aspects...
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...Identifying and Managing Life Stages It is imperative that as individuals we examine, acknowledge, and recognize the general life stages across our lifespan. These life stages serve as a guideline for growth, and outline different milestones that we should have accomplished and surpassed; we are currently in; or that are forthcoming. The psychosocial theory developed by Erik H Erikson, addresses growth across the lifespan, identifying and differentiating central issues from infancy to elder hood (Newman & Newman, 2015 p.62). Our development at each stage is indicative of our ability to adapt, deal with challenges, and maintain personal equilibrium through learning and social interaction. The tasks that accompany each stage helps to...
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...Development through the life stages Conception: This is when development of the embryo starts, when the sperm meets the egg. Women who are trying to get conceive stop drinking, smoking and taking drugs (even over the counter ones) to ensure their body is fully ready for pregnancy. At this time women also try to get in the right mind set so that they are not only physically ready but also mentally as pregnancy and birth can be a traumatic experience and they need to be able to keep sane and not and not succumb mental trauma it can cause. Emotional stability is also a big thing a women needs to consider when she is trying to conceive because she needs to be in control of her emotions as pregnancy is a taxing process and even conception. If a woman is trying to conceive but has no success it can cause her to get frustrated and begin to think something is wrong with her, so she needs to be stable enough in her emotions that it doesn’t overwhelm her and prevent her chances of conception further. Pregnancy: Also known as gestation, is when a woman carries a baby after successful conception. Pregnancy is commonly known to last nine months when really it is slightly longer at 40 weeks. Pregnancy has 3 stages called trimesters and each lasts around 3 months. The first trimester goes from 0 to 12 weeks, during this time your hormone levels change and the uterus begins to become habitable for a baby to grow and develop these changes also come with negative ones. These are...
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...Eight Stages of Life Erica Hutchinson PSY/230 March 22, 2012 Milssa Yeagley Checkpoint 8 Eight Stages of Life A relation connecting human’s social environments has had an unlimited effect on today’s society with its growing and its maturity through all of our entire life. Each person’s psychological development is supported and prone by psychosocial experiences. When it comes to psychosocial, it can be cleared as if involving both the psychological and the social features of every day of someone’s life. Numerous factors could contribute to someone’s whole psychological health such as the acknowledgement and encouragement every day’s life normality that has let society make it regular. The normality that society has thought up could possibly come between with someone’s thought of “ideal self,” which could hinder the development of social connecting. The hindrance of being social connected could be outstandingly unfavorable to someone's growth, especially when it comes to the early years of someone’s life. Erikson was known as the Freudian for the ego-psychologist and that means he accepts the principles of Freud. Erikson also agreed with the thought of the epigenetic principle. Epigenetic principle is known as the development through a predetermined unfolding of personalities through the eight stages of life. The eight stages of life are known to by someone’s success throughout life or the lack of success that they are experiencing, throughout the eight stages of life...
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...For this task, I will be describing development throughout the life stages for my famous person, Beyoncé. Beyoncé is an American recording artist and actress, she performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child, and rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of R&B girl-group Destiny's Child Conception - Human life begins with conception, conception is the process involving several females’ egg being mixed with the sperm and then fertilized. Conception is the biological process which involves an egg being fertilized by a sperm so that it then becomes implanted in the wall of the womb or uterus. At this stage, Beyoncé’s mum would have stopped having her monthly period after having sexual intercourse noticing she is pregnant. The picture below shows conception taking place when her parents become physically close. Pregnancy - Pregnancy refers to the period of time, normally 40 weeks, extending from conception and the date of the last menstrual period to a baby’s birth. Beyoncé’s mother would have been experiencing certain development in her body. Physically, her stomach would continue to grow during the different trimesters, and she would experience discomfort, intellectually she may want to read books to learn about the baby growing inside her also what to expect for child birth. Emotionally, the mother will experience mood swings including being upset. The picture below shows pregnancy taking place in her mother’s womb. Birth and Infancy...
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...`The life stages: Birth and infancy 0-3 years: This is primarily one of the many important stages in a person's life, isabel is going from the womb of her mother into the world through the process of lisa giving birth. Once born isabel is now open to new and exciting changes in her development. for example the newborn baby will have to start intaking easily digestible food, an example of this would be her mother's milk this is vitally important as it allows isable to grow. Infants are open to a range of different reflexes, they are born with a variety of temporary and primitive reflexes linking to the sensorimotor stage in a baby's life. The sensorimotor stage is a stage where thinking is limited sensing different objects and using motor actions. The primitive reflexes include the movements of the infant's head towards any touch on the cheek. This type of reflex is called the rooting reflex and this helps the baby to position the nipple into their mouth in order to feed.through this process isable is additionally using her sucking reflex. when trying to receive milk from either a bottle or her mother's breast. This is one of the first important physical developments, if isable wasn't able to do this she would become weak and frail. The first few moths are vital, the right nutrients will help her to grow physically and intellectually, without it she may be behind compared to other infants her age. Furthermore, if a baby is startled for example by a loud noise, the infant...
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...are reacting to it.In biological theory, we cannot predict how and why our body will get older but we can take procurations to slow down this process, such as by having a good and balanced diet. Thomas Kirkwood argued that damaged cells can repair themselves if have appropriate nutrients. If we look at the psychological theory we could see that it is focusing on the stages and interactions with other when people grow older. As people age, they tend to remove themselves from society for death.They remove themselves from their roles and society by placing elderly in care home facilitate that they stop being active. There are some similarities to the theories.Both of them are talking about declining. In disposable soma theory the genetic decline making body to age and in disengagement theory we can see that person declining from their lives. We can see that aging process affect people in biological and psychological ways. It could be that biological predispositions might trigger those psychological. If we think about that people in disengagement theory are starting to decline from active life and in disposable soma theory lack of healthy lifestyle trigger all those changes. Lack of nutrients and...
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...Development through the life stages The human lifespan Throughout this essay I will be going into depth of the life of Michael Jackson. I will be informing you on what he went through in each life stage he went experienced and also including debates on nature and nurture and discussing which sides affected him as a person. Infancy Michael Jackson was born in a poverty stricken area called Gary, in Indiana. He was born in 1958 and was the 7th of nine children. He was raised in a poor, lower class family this may be because he had one working parent which was his father called Joe Jackson, He was a steel worker in a factory however his mother was a home maker. For every infant the same developments occur. As there isn’t a lot of information about Michael when in infancy I can still figure out what happened during the ages 0-3 years old. Reflexes and motor skills are learnt at the ages between 0-2, this is when an infant will learn the different sensations. The reflexes involve, sucking, grasping, blinking and stepping. It’s also normal for an infant’s weight to change so Michael also experienced weight change whilst growing in this stage. Michael would have developed gross motor skills at this stage, this means he had the ability to turn and hold his head up. Other motor skills would be learning to sit up, roll over, stand up and also walk. Social development of an infant is the social skills that are learnt at the ages of 0-3 years old. Michael would have experienced many...
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...The first 2 years of life is an amazing time of growth and change, both physically and mentally. Babies experiment with and learn from the environment around them. Beyond physical, thinking, and language tasks, babies are learning about social and emotional tasks.Babies can feel many emotions and can express and communicate these emotions through facial expressions and body posture. Around the age of 2-3 months infants start to "social smile" and we can begin to see more clearly if they are happy, distressed, angry, through some more advanced expressions. Infants may start to spontaneously laugh at the age of around 4months. They also experience "stranger anxiety" this is when babies are uncomfortable and distressed when they are not familiar with the person holding them. At around 6 months babies begin to copy and mimic other people's facial expressions and emotions. From birth babies start to develop a strong bond and attachment to their primary caregivers. At around 8 months infants may to start to experience "separation anxiety", when they are separated from their caregiver whom they share a strong bond with.The intensity of this anxiety varies between individuals and is based on baby's temperament and environment. While some babies will respond very strongly and heatedly to caregiver absence by crying and fussing, others will respond in a more subdued fashion through whimpers and slight agitation. It's during this period, around age 9 months, that babies first frown...
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...Journal: Stages of Life Bill Williams Liberty University Reflective Journal: Stages of Life This Reflective essay will cover the life stages that have been covered from 0 to 44. Using Erikson’s life stage theory, this assignment will chart important life crisis points which have helped to define me. Erickson’s life span theory postulated about life being comprised of eight stages, where human beings have the task to master each stage. Each stage is presented with a confrontation which produces two possible outcomes (Rice, 2001). The first incremental time frame will cover four stages of the Erickson’s model. Stage One Stage one covers birth to 10 years of age. According to Erickson’s model, humans experience several moments of the crisis where one master and then moves into the next stage of life's. The first ten years of life were full of turmoil, being physically abused by my biological parents and ultimately abandoned. After been traumatized by these events I was removed and placed for adoption. There were residual issues such as nightmares, frequent altercations with peers, and bedwetting. Baker confirmed that high stress is a contributing factor to the increased disruptive behaviors and delays normal developmental milestones (Baker et al., 2003). The prominent stage that was easily identified was the competency versus inferiority. I remember always feeling as if I were not good enough and inadequate, never able to please my mom and dad. Stage Two This stage covers...
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...This report will describe a life stage within human development and behaviour. The report will then describe a personal observation that relates to this life stage, this observation will include behaviours, attitudes and interactions of that stage. These behaviours and attitudes will describe relevant concepts and ideas based on two theorists and in relation to my chosen life stage. These theorists concepts will link together my personal observation and the chosen life stage. This observational report is based on the life stage of adolescence. In 1996, I was a fifteen year old student attending Tikipunga High School. I was never to sure on any given day whom I really was. My choice of clothing was little to go on as every day brought a new look, a new me. One day id have that apparent gangsta look, baggy jeans and a hooded sweatshirt then the next day id be dressed like Julie Andrews, from The sound of music! Blouse, skirt and a much more conservative hairstyle. According to J.Campbell (personal communication, June 20th 2013.) I would not only change my style of dress my attitude would adjust in relation to whatever dress sense I choose. For example I would ouite often have an attitude of ignorance and staunchness to match my 'gangsta' look, whereas I tended to be a whole new person when dressed like Julie Andrews, behaving alit more conservative and polite. I simply asked my self regularly, " who am I?", "where do i fit in?" And "where will I end up?". This...
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...Interviewing Patricia How do the responses given by the individuals you interviewed compare or contrast with the research you discovered? The late age adult who was interviewed was aged 66 years young, Patricia’s words exactly. The interview with Patricia highlighted life not death. Aging is a natural part of life, which comes with problems but even more joy. For some these thoughts are scary, but Patricia has reached life satisfaction and is grateful to have reached the ripe young age of 66. She looks forward to any additional day she has. Based on Erikson’s integrity versus Despair theory, Patricia has arrived at Integrity. Patricia’s positive outlook on life during late adulthood is extremely motivating. I believe in living life for today because tomorrow is not promised and so does she. Patricia accepts that growing older is inevitable, and with age pain and difficulties will arise. Patricia does not worry about the worse possibilities, but she looks forward to the best. Patricia states if the worse arises she will deal with it then, but until then there is only life to be lived and enjoyed. As Erikson’s theory indicates, psychosocial maturity in late life brings increased contentment, affectionate, enjoyable bonds with others, and continued service to society (Berk, 2010). Patricia and her husband Jesus live in an assisted living facility; she has her family that share biological connections and her extended family at the facility. They moved to the facility after having...
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