300 word essay comparing and contrasting Erickson's and Piaget's Child Development Theories and an "A Conception of Adult Development" article
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RCEA435Lecture42.pptxLifespan Development Models
Lecture 4
What is a lifespan development Model
A model based on social theory or psychology that
Attempts to create orderly stages marked by social/cognitive development that explain the progression from birth to old age
Most lifespan development model focus heavily on the early stages of life when change is the most rapid and development the most critical.
Recognized models of Lifespan development
Recognized models cont…
Models for the Full Lifespan
The previously mentioned models are important, but they do not cover the entire lifespan
The next two models we will discuss in more detail, attempt to create lifespan stages from birth through old age.
These models are more comprehensive, and will describe the life stage that is the focus of this course.
Havighurst’s Developmental Tasks Theory
Asserts a continuous development
Occurs through the lifespan
Staged
Individual moves to next stage by resolving problems
Cont
People feel accomplished when they achieve task resolution
People are unhappy when they fail
The tasks are normal ones that people from the same culture experience
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In this model developmental tasks are associated with
Biology – physiological maturation/genetics
Psychology
Sociology (specific to culture)
Infant to Early Chilhood
Tasks
Learning to walk
Learning to talk
Form relationships with family members
Middle Childhood
Tasks
Learning physical skills
School related learning
Develop conscience and values
Adolescences
Tasks
Achieving emotional independence
Develop skills to be a productive member of society
Establishing mature relationships with peers
Early Adulthood
Tasks
Choosing a partner
Managing a home
Establishing a career
Middle Age
Tasks
Maintain economic standard of living
Perform civic and social responsibilities
Adjusting to physiological changes
Later Maturity (>60)
Tasks
Adjusting to deteriorating health and physical well being
Adjusting to retirement
Meeting civil and social obligations
Adjusting to death or loss of spouse.
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Havighurst
Would later go on to develop the Activity Theory of Aging
We have already studied this, but you can see how the task model would build directly into this theories creation.
Erikson
A student of Sigmund Freud
He offered a modified Freudian view of development of personal identity through the lifespan.
His theory is divided into 8 psychosocial stages.
Erikson’s Stages
Erikson’s Middle Adulthood (40 to 65)
Generativity vs Stagnation
Adults need to create things that will outlast them
Either having children, or creating positive change that benefits others
Success leads to feelings of usefulness
Failure results in lack of engagement in the world
Erikson’s Maturity (>65)
Ego Integrity vs Despair
Older adults need to look back on life and feel a sense of fulfillment
Success at this stage leads to feeling wise
Failure results from regret and generates bitterness
