LIFESPAN

PERSPECTIVE
01.
LIFESPAN PERSPECTIVE

Conceptualizes human behavior as

influenced by developmental
processes across biological,
historical, sociocultural, and
psychological factors from
conception of death.
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PAUL BALTES
He is credited with Developing theories
about lifespan and wisdom, the
selective optimization with
compensation theory and theories
about successful aging and developing.

Born: June 18, 1939

Died: November 7, 2006

Research Interest: Psychology

BALTE’S LIFESPAN
01.
PERSPECTIVE
PAUL BALTE’S PROPOSED.
Together with his late wife,
• Lifelong Margret Balte’s
• Multidimensional
• Multidirectional
• Plastic
Selection
• Multidisiplinary Optimization
• Contextual Compensation
 LIFELONG
- No age period dominates
development
 Developmentis
Multidimensional
Development
01. is Multidimensional
It means a person's development is not
base on just one aspect of their being
but he broke it up into three main
distinct.

Three main distinct of Multidimensional

Development
✅ Biological
✅ Cognitive
✅ Socioemotional
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DEVELOPMENT IS MULTI DIRECTIONAL

DEVELOPMENT IS PLASTIC

Development is Multidisciplinary

DEVELOPMENT IS CONTEXTUAL
01.
DEVELOPMENT IS MULTI DIRECTIONAL

Baltes states that the development of a particular domain does

not occur in a strictly linear fashion but that the development of
certain traits can be characterized as having the capacity for
both an increase and decrease in efficacy over the course of an
individual's life
DEVELOPMENT IS PLASTIC
01.

That characteristics are malleable or changeable.

Development is influenced by contextual and socio-
cultural influences
Plasticity denotes intrapersonal variability and
focuses heavily on the potentials and limits of the
nature of human development
Development
01. is Multidisciplinary

The study of developmental psychology is multidisciplinary.

That is, the sources of age-related changes do not lie within
the province of any one discipline.
DEVELOPMENT
01. IS CONTEXTUAL
The basic process of human development involves
changing relations between the developing person and his
or her changing, multilevel context. Accordingly, the
functions associated with any one level of organization
are quite distinct from the process of development
Stages of Lifespan
Development
01.
1.Prenatal Development 5.Adolescence
2.Infancy and Toddlerhood 6.Early adulthood
(First year and a half to two years of life) (20's and 30's)
3.Early childhood or Preschool year 7.Middle adulthood
(3-5 years old) (Late 30's to mid 60's)
4.Middle childhood 8.)late adulthood
(6-11 years old) (65 and older)
9.Death and Dying
DEVELOPMENTA
L ISSUES
 NATURE AND NURTURE
01.
STABILITY AND CHANGE
02.
CONTENT CONTUNUITY AND DISCONTINUITY
03.
EVALUATING THE DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES
04.
DEVELOPMENTAL
ISSUES
Developmental concerns include delays or
abnormal patterns of development in the
areas of communication/language, motor
skills, problem-solving or social and
adaptive behavior.
01.
NATURE AND NURTURE

The nature-nurture issue involves the extent to which

development is influenced by nature and by nurture.
Nature refers to an organism’s biological inheritance,
nurture to its environmental experiences.
02.
STABILITY AND CHANGE
Involves the degree to which we become older
renditions of our early experience (stability) or
whether we develop into someone diff erent from who
we were at an earlier point in development (change).
03.
CONTUNUITY AND DISCONTINUITY

Focuses on the extent to which development involves

gradual,cumulative change (continuity) or distinct
stages(discontinuity).
04.
EVALUATING THE DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES
Most life-span developmentalists
acknowledge that development is not all
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BIOCONSTRUCTION

SOCIAL CONSTRUCT

INDIVIDUAL'S
CULTURE
01.

Bio-construction

Bio-construction is understood as a form of

construction that respects living beings and the
environment.

There is a difference between “sex” and

“gender.” Sex is “biological” while gender is
“psychological,” “social,” or “cultural.”
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Social Constructs

include race, gender, nationality, childhood, madness, age,

intelligence, and beauty. The idea emerges from postmodern
and poststructural theories in cultural studies and sociology.
It highlights how concepts like race, gender roles, and beauty
are not natural or normal.
 Individuals
01.

Individuals who belong to a certain cultural identity will

embrace common characteristics such as languages, practices,
customs, values and views.

CULTURE
Culture can be defined as all the ways of life including arts,
beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from
generation to generation.
 Why culture is important for an
01.

individual?

In addition to its intrinsic value, culture provides important

social and economic benefits. With improved learning and
health, increased tolerance, and opportunities to come together
with others, culture enhances our quality of life and increases
overall well-being for both individuals and communities.
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DEVELOPMENT
Lifespan development
01. Characteristics of Life
Span Perspective
• a process beginning • multidimensional and
at conception that contextual
continues until death. • Plastic
• A process that involves GROWTH,
MAINTENANCE, AND
REGULATION OF LOSS
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Importance of Studying Life Span
Development
-prepare us to take responsibility for our
children
-gives insights about our own lives
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