Week 1. Montante. LifeSpan Development intro



Week 1- Lifespan Development: An introduction


        Lifespan development is an examination of the biological, cognitive/psychological, and social changes that occur over the course of a human life. The way I view it is age related changes that occur from birth throughout a persons life until old age. There are developmental periods of the lifespan starting with prenatal all the way into late adulthood. Lifespan is important because it identifies the interconnections between earlier and later events. What I felt that was interesting while reading this chapter was thinking about my own life. All the changes that marked my life make up a process known as development.
       While reading the changing views of childhood section (pg. 9). A quote stood out to me, "If historians wish to understand children of the past, they must first discover how adults have viewed the young (Heywood, 2001). The reason why this quote in particular received my attention is because it is currently something I have talked about to friends my own age. In this section, childhood has changed from period to period. What I use to do as a child, children no longer do it. An example would be playing outside. Currently, we do not see this happening because now their childhood has revolved into the world wide web. I view it now as part of the development process that goes on.   
      This development process of these different stages will help me along the way to help me understand my future students and how they view these stages their own way.
I have taken psychology courses before and just like this chapter described is the issues that most people have with lifespan development. At this point, I can not say I disagree or agree with each development stages because many things can influence each point differently. Same goes with nature versus nurture. I can not agree with any side completely, but I can see each side and why it would make sense.
      To reflect on this chapter, It refreshed my mind about Lifespan Development. It brought back memories about learning the periods of the lifespan. I can say that it helps explain why certain things may happen throughout life and create at least an understanding about it.



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