PSY402: Adult Development Week 1‚ Fall 2012 Themes and Issues in Adult Reading: Chapter 1 Introduction: à Aging affects every individual (from the time we are born to the day we die) à In order to have a healthier and better aging process‚ we should incorporate behaviours and activities designed to maintain high levels of functioning well into the later decades of life For ex. smoking and drinking alcohol can/may decrease your lifespan Another ex. exercising and having a healthy diet may
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PART ONE Social and Historical Constructions of Gender Why start an introduction to women ’s studies textbook with a discussion of science and medicine? If we begin our study of women ’s lives by considering what makes women and men distinct in different cultures and time periods‚ we first have to ask what counts as difference. Many people think that biology answers such a question once and for all. But science (including biology) has a history. People produce ideas and methods for science based
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Journal of Experimental Psychology‚ 3‚ 159-182. Cialdini‚ R. B.‚ & Goldstein‚ N. J. (2002). The science and practice of persuasion. Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly‚43(2)‚ 40-50. Deutsch‚ M. & Gerard‚ H. B. (1955). A study of normative and informational social influences upon individual judgment. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology‚ 51‚ 629-636 Festinger‚ L Festinger‚ L. (1954). A theory of social comparison processes. Human Relations‚ 7‚ 337-360. Griffith‚ T. L.‚ Fichman
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What are the developmental stresses (age-related) and contextual stresses (nonnormative) in Lupe’s life at the present time? Consider her age‚ family role‚ and cultural context. The developmental stresses Lupe is dealing with now is age-related. Lupe is a 45-year-old women who has been taking care of all her love ones her whole life up to this point while at the same time raising her two children on her own. Lupe recently started to think about all the things she missed out on throughout her life
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Question 1: What is Baxter’s Conclusion? Baxter’s conclusion is that the needs of man should dictate the state of nature. (People or Penguins: The Case for Optimal Pollution‚ William F. Baxter‚ 1974. Columbia University Press‚ New York. Page 383 All page citations below are from this source) Question 2: What are Baxter’s Premises? Baxter’s first premise is that there is no morally correct state of nature to which we should return (383). Baxter’s second premise is that present controversy over
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Abstract The issue of poverty in the United States seems to lie on the grounds of race education and family structure. As expected I found that educational levels paralleled poverty levels. Unexpected ‚ research was found to prove that race did in fact play a substantial role in poverty. Family structure along with other influential factors either locked an individual into poverty or provided a means for escape from the continuing cycle. Other factors contributing to poverty was the location
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SECTION ONE THE LIFE-SPAN PERSPECTIVE All the world’s a stage. And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances‚ and one man in his time plays many parts. —WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE English Playwright‚ 17th Century This book is about human development—its universal features‚ its individual variations‚ its nature. Every life is distinct‚ a new biography in the world. Examining the shape of life-span development allows us to understand it better. A Topical Approach
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DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE LIFESPAN‚ 4/e © 2007 Laura E. Berk‚ Illinois State University ISBN: 0-205-49125-1 Visit www.ablongman.com/replocator to contact your local Allyn & Bacon/Longman representative. The colors in this document are not an accurate representation of the final textbook colors. S A M P L E C H A P T E R 1 The pages of this Sample Chapter may have slight variations in final published form. Allyn & Bacon 75 Arlington St.‚ Suite 300 Boston‚ MA 02116 www.ablongman
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A discussion of the structural‚ information processing‚ and developmental dimensions approaches to the analysis of age/development/life course trends. Developmental psychology‚ as a discipline‚ is currently undergoing a paradigmatic/world view change. Consequently‚ several different theoretical approaches to the study of development and the life course have been proposed and advocated. The three primary approaches currently being debated include the structural‚ information processing/cognitive‚
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Chapter 1: History‚ Theory‚ & Research Strategies *~Chapter Summary~* Human development is the study of all aspects of constancy & change throughout the lifespan. Theories lend structure & meaning to the scientific study of development. This chapter provides an overview of philosophical & theoretical approaches to the study of human development from medieval to modern times & reviews majore research strategies used to study human behavior & development. When
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