Developmental Psychology: Lifespan Development And Personality
Lifespan Development and Personality
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Lifespan Development and Personality
The main goal of developmental psychology is to pursue understanding of and to report various aspects of human development. These aspects include development of physical, cognitive, social, moral, and personality. Discussing these aspects in terms of the influences on physical and cognitive development can be a daunting task. To relieve this burden the focus will be on one age of development. The age I have chosen has been one of the most discussed and influential areas of life; adolescence. To define this age, I will be focusing on young adults aged between 12 and 18 years. I will be addressing physical, cognitive, social, and moral as well …show more content…
Each of us is born with what our biological parents give to their children that they received from that they received from their biological parents and so on. Heredity from the previous generations does determine many of our physical as well as behavioral traits. One such example of this within adolescent development would be obtaining our biological fathers’ height and weight or our biological mothers’ eyes and nose. Behavioral traits may pass down from biological parents and previous generations as well. As illustrated by a teenager obtaining their fathers’ temperament or their mothers’ intelligence. Various environmental influences are also a huge part of developments. Within the realm of adolescent development, there are many environmental influences that may affect the physical development. For instance, unnatural hormones can cause a variety of issues in teenaged children. Introducing unnatural hormones into their system can cause adverse effects, such as developmental inhibition to body growth. An example of this would be the chemicals in some plastics. “Studies show the plastic compound bisphenol A which is one of the most widely used chemicals can permanently affect reproductive hormones, resulting in early puberty and odd ovulation patterns” (Susiarjo, 2009, p.1). Many of us are exposed to these types of things daily. Other factors may not be so transparent from the outside looking in. There are many …show more content…
(2012). Visualizing psychology (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Kagan, J. (2011, October). Extreme shyness, caution may be inherited. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/docview/275227770?accountid=458
Palmer, R. H., Knopik, V. S., Rhee, S. H., Hopfer, C. J., Corley, R. C., Young, S. E., Stalliings, M. C., & Hewitt, J. K. (2013, September). Prospective effects of adolescent indicators of behavioral disinhibition on DSM-IV alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug dependence in young adulthood. Addictive Behaviors, 38(9), 2415 -2421. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.03.021
Pickhardt, C. (2012, March). Surviving (your child 's) adoloescence welcome to the hard half of parenting. Retrieved from http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/surviving-your-childs-adolescence
Squeglia, L. M., Jacobus, J., & Tapert, S. F. (2009, January). The influence of substance use on adolescent brain devolpment. Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, 40(1), 31-8. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/docview/206313426?accountid=458
Susiarjo, M. (2009,February). BPA Changes Hormones that Control Puberty, Ovulation. Retrieved from
PSY/103
Lifespan Development and Personality
The main goal of developmental psychology is to pursue understanding of and to report various aspects of human development. These aspects include development of physical, cognitive, social, moral, and personality. Discussing these aspects in terms of the influences on physical and cognitive development can be a daunting task. To relieve this burden the focus will be on one age of development. The age I have chosen has been one of the most discussed and influential areas of life; adolescence. To define this age, I will be focusing on young adults aged between 12 and 18 years. I will be addressing physical, cognitive, social, and moral as well …show more content…
Each of us is born with what our biological parents give to their children that they received from that they received from their biological parents and so on. Heredity from the previous generations does determine many of our physical as well as behavioral traits. One such example of this within adolescent development would be obtaining our biological fathers’ height and weight or our biological mothers’ eyes and nose. Behavioral traits may pass down from biological parents and previous generations as well. As illustrated by a teenager obtaining their fathers’ temperament or their mothers’ intelligence. Various environmental influences are also a huge part of developments. Within the realm of adolescent development, there are many environmental influences that may affect the physical development. For instance, unnatural hormones can cause a variety of issues in teenaged children. Introducing unnatural hormones into their system can cause adverse effects, such as developmental inhibition to body growth. An example of this would be the chemicals in some plastics. “Studies show the plastic compound bisphenol A which is one of the most widely used chemicals can permanently affect reproductive hormones, resulting in early puberty and odd ovulation patterns” (Susiarjo, 2009, p.1). Many of us are exposed to these types of things daily. Other factors may not be so transparent from the outside looking in. There are many …show more content…
(2012). Visualizing psychology (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Kagan, J. (2011, October). Extreme shyness, caution may be inherited. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/docview/275227770?accountid=458
Palmer, R. H., Knopik, V. S., Rhee, S. H., Hopfer, C. J., Corley, R. C., Young, S. E., Stalliings, M. C., & Hewitt, J. K. (2013, September). Prospective effects of adolescent indicators of behavioral disinhibition on DSM-IV alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug dependence in young adulthood. Addictive Behaviors, 38(9), 2415 -2421. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.03.021
Pickhardt, C. (2012, March). Surviving (your child 's) adoloescence welcome to the hard half of parenting. Retrieved from http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/surviving-your-childs-adolescence
Squeglia, L. M., Jacobus, J., & Tapert, S. F. (2009, January). The influence of substance use on adolescent brain devolpment. Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, 40(1), 31-8. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/docview/206313426?accountid=458
Susiarjo, M. (2009,February). BPA Changes Hormones that Control Puberty, Ovulation. Retrieved from