Across these three domains—physical, cognitive, and psychosocial—thenormative approachto development is also discussed. This approach asks, “What is normal development?” In the early decades of the 20th century, normative psychologists studied large numbers of children at various ages to determine ...
Lifespan Development: a chronological approach [3rd Australasian edition] explores human physical, cognitive and social development within an Australian and New Zealand context. Building on the successful first and second edi...
Separating optimism and pessimism: a robust psychometric analysis of the revised Life Orientation Test (LOT-R). Area of Lifespan DevelopmentTechnical University of DresdenPsychological assessmentHerzberg, P. Y., Glaesmer, H., & Hoyer, J. (2006). Separating optimism... P Yorck,Herzberg,Heide,....
Lifespan Development examines the physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur throughout a lifetime. This course covers the essentials in understanding human development, psychological research, and theories of growth and development. Students will come to understand the lifespan perspective ...
This thesis's main aim was to investigate memory systems' functioning and development in bilingual individuals. To this end, two studies were performed: a cross-sectional study of bilingual children (Study I) and a longitudinal study of young and older adults (Study II). The purpose of ...
Spiritual developmentis the process of examining beliefs that transcend the realm of the material world; it is a focus on an individual's awareness of the interior world, the world of thoughts. Spiritual development can be independent of organized religion or part of a faith tradition. ...
dynamic interplay of biological, psychological, and social forces on development. This integrated biopsychosocial approach not only address the needs of many instructors, but also helps students understand how each element of development impacts the others. And unlike other lifespan texts which devote ...
Psychological well-being in mid to late life: The role of generativity development and parent–child relationships across the lifespan This study examined the association between generativity and psychological well-being for a subsample of 1882 mid- to late-life parents using the MIDUS dat... JS ...
The goal of this paper is to provide clear recommendations for optimal estimation of lifespan trajectories of brain development and aging. To this end, several aspects need consideration. First, as has been emphasized by a large number of authors, when analyzing data with repeated observations over...
Within this framework, the key factors we discuss that influence religious/spiritual development include (a) process (i.e., person-religion mismatch and family processes), (b) person (i.e., age, gender/sexual orientation, mental health, personal agency, and experience), (c) context (i.e....