Life-span perspective is the manner of studying human development that takes into consideration all phases of a person’s life. A person’s lifespan is from the moment of conception through death. Some people think that a person’s development begins at birth; however, growth and development begins when conception began! Each one of us is unique.
According to Berger, the lifespan development has characteristics that are useful for understanding human development. Life span is the understanding of human development defined by multicontextual, multicultural, multidisciplinary, multidirectional, and plasticity. Multidirectional is the concept that development involves gains and losses that do not always occur in a straight line. We may have losses in some areas as we …show more content…
The Cognitive theory is basically how things change over time. As time goes on and you associate with people and different places and see different ways people believe, their attitude and how they see things in the world. In some cases you may be brought up to think one way but as years pass by you see what you think would work better for you. Time changes you and helps you understand things better. An example of that is saying you were raised up to be of the Baptist religion, but you make a decision to separate from that religion for another because you find it more what you want to believe.
Some people think that one’s personality is inherited while others say that the environment helps to mold and shape the personality. Both are correct. Heredity means it comes from a biological relative like a mother, father, grandparent and etc. Some heredity aspects are Down syndrome, heart disease, as well as hair color, eye color, and body shape. An example is if both of your biological parents are overweight, there is probably a very good chance that the child will also be
According to Berger, the lifespan development has characteristics that are useful for understanding human development. Life span is the understanding of human development defined by multicontextual, multicultural, multidisciplinary, multidirectional, and plasticity. Multidirectional is the concept that development involves gains and losses that do not always occur in a straight line. We may have losses in some areas as we …show more content…
The Cognitive theory is basically how things change over time. As time goes on and you associate with people and different places and see different ways people believe, their attitude and how they see things in the world. In some cases you may be brought up to think one way but as years pass by you see what you think would work better for you. Time changes you and helps you understand things better. An example of that is saying you were raised up to be of the Baptist religion, but you make a decision to separate from that religion for another because you find it more what you want to believe.
Some people think that one’s personality is inherited while others say that the environment helps to mold and shape the personality. Both are correct. Heredity means it comes from a biological relative like a mother, father, grandparent and etc. Some heredity aspects are Down syndrome, heart disease, as well as hair color, eye color, and body shape. An example is if both of your biological parents are overweight, there is probably a very good chance that the child will also be