ingredient of cognitive abilities. There are different theories that explain about life development; Kohlberg theory‚ Piaget‚ Vygotsky’s and Erikson’s theories (Broderick & Blewitt). . In the middle adulthood stage a person is at the peak of his/her maturity and they are characterized by generatively and stagnation (Broderick & Blewitt). The last stage according to the Erickson’s Lifespan Stage is the late adulthood where the person strives to maintain integrity but at the same time they despair
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Psychosocial Stages of Development‚ Hank is in the Ego Integrity vs Despair stage of late adulthood. In this phase of life an‚ “Adult comes to terms with life’s successes‚ failures‚ and missed opportunities and realizes the dignity of own life” (Broderick & Blewitt 2015 p. 12). The positive outcome of late adulthood is wisdom and the negative outcome is regret. Like most people in late adulthood‚ Hank reflects on his life. He loves to tell stories about his life to anyone who will listen. This reflection
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References: Blewitt‚ P.‚ & Broderick‚ P. C. (2006). The Life Span: Human Development for Helping Professoinals (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle RIver‚ New Jersey: Pearson Education‚ Inc. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2009). CDC Features. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/Features/HandlingStress/
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people’s development‚ noted Crain (2005). Schachtel was influenced by Sigmund Freud; both theorists seemed to agree that children learn to remember more systematically when prompted by a more experienced person‚ like their parents and caregivers (Broderick and Blewitt‚ 2010). Young people separated from their parents when they were children can have fragmented memories of that earlier time. There are a series of systems involved in memory loss (Lerner‚ Easterbrooks‚ and Mistry‚ 2003). Keywords: memory‚ socialization
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consider have they lived a meaningful life. How satisfied with life one may be at late adulthood is usually determined by experiences. Satisfaction with life is subjective because of the variations is experiences from one person to another. Broderick & Blewitt (2014)‚ calls this subjective well-being. There are more predictable losses in late adulthood. Physical changes to be expected includes more deterioration in vision and hearing. Many will use glasses and hearing aids to accommodate for the
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COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 2 Epigenesis to Cognitive Development Case Study Epigenesis is defined as the set of processes by which environmental factors outside of hereditary material itself can influence how hereditary materials functions (Broderick & Blewitt‚ 2014). Cells specialize because chromosomal material is influenced by the environment surrounding the cell. Something in each cell’s environment must interact with hereditary material to direct the cell’s developmental outcome‚ making specialization
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perceive work‚ school‚ marriage‚ family‚ values and beliefs. Some of these influences may be positive or negative. Nonetheless‚ impacts of various factors become developing instruments to making us unique individuals and our outlook on life (Broderick & Blewitt‚ 2010). The identity of an individual has unique differences depending on the association with his or her personal and social functioning in society‚ especially during the formation of identity in the adolescent years of development (Crocetti
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ways to raise good kids. Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing. Berk‚ L Berkowitz‚ M.‚ & Grych‚ J. (1998). Fostering goodness: Teaching parents to facilitate children’s moral development. Journal of Moral Education‚ 27(3)‚ 371-391. Bono‚ G Broderick‚ P. C. & Blewitt‚ P. (2010). The Life Span: Human development for helping professionals (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson Education Inc. Courage‚ M. L.‚ & Howe‚ M. L. (2002). From infant to child: The dynamics of cognitive change in the second year
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the professional relationship. By gaining this trust‚ the adolescent will feel comfortable about disclosing their substance use (Burrow-Sanchez‚ 2006‚ p. 284-285). Broderick and Blewitt (2015) disclose how between 1993 and 1997‚ 47% of children in the grades of fourth through sixth grade have been offered drugs (Broderick and Blewitt‚ 2015‚ p. 390). How I will proceed to work with substance abuse among the adolescent population would be by establishing an understanding/trust relationship‚ practicing
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my identity development by allowing me to unequivocally perceive myself as a man as well. I was cognizant of the fact that from my father’s perspective age did not make a male a man but that his actions defined the acquisition of this title (Broderick & Blewitt‚
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