PSY 402 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Disengagement Theory, Ageism, Developmental Psychology
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Chapter 2: models of development: nature and nurture in adulthood. The life span perspective views development as continuous from childhood through old age. The expanded view of the life span includes a focus on the social or contextual influences on development. Developmental science: focus on life span continues to encompass a broader variety of domains than a focus on the psychology of the individual. Classic developmental psychology evolved around the notion that growth in childhood occurred primarily as a result of nature . Based on the notion that nature drives development. According to this model, growth in childhood and beyond is the demonstration of genetic predisposition as expressed in the physical and mental development of the individual. Stage theories of development, change over the life span occur in leaps or steps rather than in a continuous fashion: mechanistic model of development. Based on the idea that nurture drives development.
