Social Development Research PSY/201 The article I have chosen to review and summarize for this assignment addresses selectivity during social information processing. It investigates whether or not this selectivity evolves with age and social experience. This article was chosen because it is informative and interesting. The author chose to use the technique of experimentation to analyze whether or not increased age affects the way in which humans process social information. The article
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Psychology – Adolescence and Adulthood Adolescence – a transition period from childhood to adult hood‚ extending from puberty to adulthood Physical Development 1) Puberty: a period of sexual maturation during which one first becomes capable of reproducing a) Primary Sex Organs develop * Body structures that make sexual reproduction possible‚ e.g. ovaries‚ testes‚ penis b) Secondary Sex Organs develop * Non-reproductive sexual characteristics‚ e.g. enlarged breasts‚ hips‚ facial
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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE ADULTHOOD The main activities is: • LOVE AND WORK -The healthy adult one who can love and work and the is part of there aspect • MID LIFE TRANSITION/CRISIS - "Mid-life transition" is something that happens to many of us at some point during life (usually at about 40‚ give or take 20 years). It is a natural process and it is a normal part of maturing. - The mid-life transition or crisis can also be approached using a Myers-Briggs personality model stemming from
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The main ideas/themes of emerging adulthood include: career exploration‚ college vs. no college‚ postponing marriage‚ being economically stable without support‚ addressing emerging adulthood in other cultures‚ and community engagement. These may be important milestones in the emerging adulthood/adult phase of life that may look different in each culture‚ and each route that the young adult pursues. The idea of the phase emerging adulthood evolved from the American psychologist‚ Jeffrey Arnett (Berk
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Reflections of Late Adulthood and Ego-Integrity Kristy Bazzanella Liberty University Abstract This report examined empirical articles which investigated Erikson’s eight and ninth stages of psychosocial development and endeavored to find answers to varying postulations of his theories; does development and growth continue in the later stages of human development‚ and if so‚ what type of growth is it; additionally is this growth stunted or enhanced by the way we resolve our conflicts between
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it be that my teachers went above and beyond their content to teach me life lessons? The fact is that I had many influences in my life including my parents‚ friends and teachers that led me down the path to become the adult I am today. The numerous social contexts that I have encountered in my life each had their own part in contributing to my behaviors‚ personality‚ beliefs‚ goals and essentially every part of my being. As an adolescent‚ and even as an adult‚ much of the information and guidance
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Introduction The brain as an organ is designed to change and grow in response to stimulus and experience. Neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to reorganize itself‚ mostly by reorganizing synaptic connections. Dr. Nandini Mundkur explains neuroplasticity in children as the ability of brains to make functional and structural changes to the brain through training and experience (Mundkur 2005). Neuroplasticity in adults has been thoroughly studied in adult musicians. It has been shown that anterior
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processes associated with senescence and a cultural context that does not take into account this biological imperative each create risk for cognitive decline in later adulthood. We propose that (a) engagement‚ a sustained investment in mental stimulation‚ and (b) personal agency‚ which enables one to construct a niche for successful life span development‚ constitute the centerpiece of cognitive resilience. Numerous factors at the level of the individual and the sociocultural context set the stage for engagement
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Adolescence and Late Adulthood Adolescence‚ the developmental stage between childhood and adulthood‚ is marked by the onset of puberty‚ the point at which sexual maturity occurs. The age at which puberty begins has implications for the way people view themselves and the way others see them. One of the most important stages during adolescence is the psychosocial development stage. Psychosocial development encompasses the way people’s understanding of themselves‚ one another‚ and the world around
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Adolescence and Adulthood Stages Adolescence transitions into adulthood‚ a stage that an individual will remain in for the rest of their time on the Earth. Though the transition exists it may be important to remember that many changes still occur in adolescence‚ changes which allow for an individual to become an adult. Once the adult stage of life has been reached it can be broken down into three modes which give us early‚ middle‚ and late adulthood. As with other stages and periods of life
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