Lifespan Perspective Flashcards
Created the Lifespan Perspective
Paul Baltes 1987
No age period is more important than the other
Development is lifelong
Life has both gains and losses
Development is multidirectional
Tackles the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial
Development is mutidimensional
Involves biology, sociology, and medicine
Development is multidisciplinary
Many of our characteristics can be changed/malleable
Development is characterized by plasticity
Life is affected by circumstances: time & socioeconomic status
Development is multicontextual
Changes shared and experienced by specific age groups
Normative Age-Graded Influences
Changes experienced by people born at a certain time period (Cohort)
Normative History-Graded Influences
Changes experienced by individuals
Non Normative Life Influences
Identifier based on shared levels of education, income, and occupation
Socioeconomic Status (SES)
High SES
Higher Control - Lower Stress
Low SES
Higher Risk - Lower Salary
When the Income amount that is established by the government is not reached
Poverty Level
Totality of shared language, knowledge, material objects, and behavior.
Culture
The idea that “My culture is superior”
Ethnocentrism
The appreciation of cultural differences
Culture Relativity
The length of time a species can exist under the most optimal conditions.
Specie specific
Lifespan (Longevity)
Predicted number of years a person born in a specific time can be expected to live.
Life Expectancy
