Major Theories in Lifespan Development
Lifelong -✅✅-Development occurs throughout adolescence and adulthood.
Multidirectional - ✅✅-Development involves improvement in some areas and
decline in others.
Aging -✅✅-The process of becoming old.
Growth - ✅✅-Physical change, such as growing taller.
Maturation - ✅✅-Becoming more developed and advanced in physical, emotional,
and/or cognitive aspects.
Multidisciplinary - ✅✅-The study of development involves multiple professional
fields.
Multidimensional - ✅✅-Development occurs in biological, social, emotional,
cognitive, and moral dimensions.
Nature vs. Nurture - ✅✅-Debate on whether behavior is influenced by biology
(nature) or environment (nurture).
Continuity vs. Discontinuity - ✅✅-Debate on whether development is a gradual
continuum or distinct stages.
✅✅-Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Erik Erikson, among others.
Major Theorists -
Sigmund Freud - ✅✅-Psychodynamic theorist who described stages of
development and the id, ego, and superego.
Psychosexual Stages of Development - ✅✅ -Freud's stages of development
involving conflicts and fixations associated with sexual gratification.
Erik Erikson - ✅✅ -Psychosocial theorist who described stages of development and
the importance of social experiences.
Psychosocial Stages of Development - ✅✅-Erikson's stages of development
involving crises and adaptive/maladaptive outcomes.
Behaviorism - ✅✅ -Psychological perspective that focuses on observable and
measurable behavior.
Lifelong -✅✅-Development occurs throughout adolescence and adulthood.
Multidirectional - ✅✅-Development involves improvement in some areas and
decline in others.
Aging -✅✅-The process of becoming old.
Growth - ✅✅-Physical change, such as growing taller.
Maturation - ✅✅-Becoming more developed and advanced in physical, emotional,
and/or cognitive aspects.
Multidisciplinary - ✅✅-The study of development involves multiple professional
fields.
Multidimensional - ✅✅-Development occurs in biological, social, emotional,
cognitive, and moral dimensions.
Nature vs. Nurture - ✅✅-Debate on whether behavior is influenced by biology
(nature) or environment (nurture).
Continuity vs. Discontinuity - ✅✅-Debate on whether development is a gradual
continuum or distinct stages.
✅✅-Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Erik Erikson, among others.
Major Theorists -
Sigmund Freud - ✅✅-Psychodynamic theorist who described stages of
development and the id, ego, and superego.
Psychosexual Stages of Development - ✅✅ -Freud's stages of development
involving conflicts and fixations associated with sexual gratification.
Erik Erikson - ✅✅ -Psychosocial theorist who described stages of development and
the importance of social experiences.
Psychosocial Stages of Development - ✅✅-Erikson's stages of development
involving crises and adaptive/maladaptive outcomes.
Behaviorism - ✅✅ -Psychological perspective that focuses on observable and
measurable behavior.
