Human Lifespan Development: Perspectives On Changes In Adulthood
Perspectives on Changes in Adulthood
Amanda Long
BSHS/342 - Human Lifespan Development
March 11, 2013
Barbara Kennedy
Perspectives on Changes in Adulthood Change happens in adulthood that may be very traumatic and enriching. The changes may include social, psychological, emotional, and physical. These changes can influence a person’s physical health, mental health, and the way he or she lives. These changes may affect a person’s social interactions, relationships, personality development, and job satisfaction. These changes may be affected by the environment and also genetic. Most of these changes depend on the individual but some of these changes are inevitable. The way a person chooses to live his or her life will affect the …show more content…
This depends on the person’s perception of the changes. For example, a person raised to value his or her youth and beauty may result in him or her becoming depressed about his or her appearance in middle and late adulthood. If a person raised to know the importance of intelligence and relations may experience middle and late adulthood to be the best time of his or her lifespan. A person’s perceptions of these changes are affected by different factors such as religion, culture, socioeconomic background, gender, and ethnicity. Women are may be affected more by events in adulthood negativity. Some of these events may be divorce or loss of a job. This may cause women to fear such events and depend more on a male as an aversion. I remember reading about western cultures tend to be nervous more about aging than Eastern cultures. Some religions are not happy about things that affect physical attractiveness. In early adulthood, a person’s cognitive development can also come from genetics. For example, if a person has a smart family, he or she will more in likely be smart as well. During these early years, a person’s emotional development can be affected by biology. One example is that a person who inherits a mental illness genetically may have a harder time down the road emotionally. A person’s emotional development may also be affected by his or her environment. …show more content…
I know a 72-year-old woman and an 83-year-old man who can still work and take care of him or herself. Seeing how healthy both of these people are gives me the idea that they lived a healthy life. My mother is a smoker and I know her life is decreasing because of this. I also know that genetics can get in the way even if someone is healthy. I have an aunt who is 55 but looks very young. She just discovered that she had breast cancer. She will die within five years. Breast cancer runs in her family, and this is why I believe that she developed it too. My aunt has lived always a very healthy life eating the right foods and exercising. She has never smoked cigarettes, drugs, or drank alcohol. So I believe even if someone is very healthy something genetically can come and ruin his or her
Amanda Long
BSHS/342 - Human Lifespan Development
March 11, 2013
Barbara Kennedy
Perspectives on Changes in Adulthood Change happens in adulthood that may be very traumatic and enriching. The changes may include social, psychological, emotional, and physical. These changes can influence a person’s physical health, mental health, and the way he or she lives. These changes may affect a person’s social interactions, relationships, personality development, and job satisfaction. These changes may be affected by the environment and also genetic. Most of these changes depend on the individual but some of these changes are inevitable. The way a person chooses to live his or her life will affect the …show more content…
This depends on the person’s perception of the changes. For example, a person raised to value his or her youth and beauty may result in him or her becoming depressed about his or her appearance in middle and late adulthood. If a person raised to know the importance of intelligence and relations may experience middle and late adulthood to be the best time of his or her lifespan. A person’s perceptions of these changes are affected by different factors such as religion, culture, socioeconomic background, gender, and ethnicity. Women are may be affected more by events in adulthood negativity. Some of these events may be divorce or loss of a job. This may cause women to fear such events and depend more on a male as an aversion. I remember reading about western cultures tend to be nervous more about aging than Eastern cultures. Some religions are not happy about things that affect physical attractiveness. In early adulthood, a person’s cognitive development can also come from genetics. For example, if a person has a smart family, he or she will more in likely be smart as well. During these early years, a person’s emotional development can be affected by biology. One example is that a person who inherits a mental illness genetically may have a harder time down the road emotionally. A person’s emotional development may also be affected by his or her environment. …show more content…
I know a 72-year-old woman and an 83-year-old man who can still work and take care of him or herself. Seeing how healthy both of these people are gives me the idea that they lived a healthy life. My mother is a smoker and I know her life is decreasing because of this. I also know that genetics can get in the way even if someone is healthy. I have an aunt who is 55 but looks very young. She just discovered that she had breast cancer. She will die within five years. Breast cancer runs in her family, and this is why I believe that she developed it too. My aunt has lived always a very healthy life eating the right foods and exercising. She has never smoked cigarettes, drugs, or drank alcohol. So I believe even if someone is very healthy something genetically can come and ruin his or her