Chapter 3 & 4

Question 1

What are the five principles of Life Course theory?

Answer 1

1. Life Span Development
2. Human Agency
3. Timing
4. Linked Lives
5. Historical Time and Place

Question 2

Define the life span development principle and give an example.

Answer 2

Life span development suggests that health and well being are lifelong processes.

Example: Linking birth weight to adult health outcomes

Question 3

Define the human agency principle and give an example.

Answer 3

The human agency principle states that an individuals’ decisions and actions impact their health and well-being.

Example: ›Living in an poor urban high risk neighborhood supports behavioral decisions that can negatively impact one’s health and well-being

Question 4

Define the principle of timing and give an example.

Answer 4

The principle of timing suggests that health and well-being are shaped by what happens to us, when in the life course it happens, how long it lasts, and in what order it occurs relative to other roles and events.

Example: Women deciding to wait later in life have children will increase the liklihood fertility problems and having a healthy baby.

Question 5

Define the principle of linked lives and give an example.

Answer 5

The principle of linked lives suggests that our health and well-being are shaped bu the social networks to which we belong.

Example:Peer relationships and adolescent risk behaviors

Question 6

Define the principal of historical time and place and provide an example.

Answer 6

Historical time and place highlights the ways in which period, cohort, and contextual factors influence the life course.

Example: ›Great Recession impact life course, economic stress in the family impacts parenting.

Question 7

What are the three life course models of health.

Answer 7

Latency, cumulative, and pathway

Question 8

Define the latency model and provide and example.

Answer 8

The latency model is ›biological chains of risk or critical/sensitive period model.

Example: Early exposures are associated with later health risks – being born premature could lead to adult health disease

Question 9

Define the cumulative model and provide an example.

Answer 9

The cumulative model is ›exposures across the life course combine to influence later health risk resulting in a greater effect than would be produced if the same exposure occurred at one point in the life course

Example:

Question 10

Defince the pathway model and provide and example.

Answer 10

The pathway model is ›early experiences lead to a cascade of exposures and effects that eventually impact later health

Example: ›Racism over a lifetime can impact later health