PSY BEH 113D Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Psych, Developmental Psychology
13 Jan 2020
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Work in groups of 3 or 4. Ability to care for yourself (cooking, cleaning, personal hygiene, etc) When does an adult become old? loss of independence. Age based on performance rather than chronological age. In the 1960"s, emphasis extended throughout life span. Growth and change are continuous important to examine middle and. Biological age: age of an individual"s bodily systems. Psychological age: performance that an individual achieves on measures of psychological tests. Social age: occupying certain positions in life. Disadvantages: difficult to calculate and needs to be periodically recalculated. Personal aging: changes within the individual that reflect time"s passage. Social aging: effects of exposure to a certain environment. Influences that lead people to choose experiences that their culture and historical period attach to certain ages or points in the life span. Societies develop expectations about people of particular ages. Some normative age-graded influences are linked to biological processes. Get married and begin family: 20s, 30s.
