For each developmental domain, physical, cognitive, and social, identify two major changes or challenges associated with the following stages: adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood.
Stage of Development
Physical Development
Cognitive Development
Social Development
Adolescence
1).
most individuals undergo radical change, often called a growth spurt.
2).
an important physical change during puberty is the emergence of secondary sexual characteristics
1).
changes in their reasoning processes
2).improved memory skills or attention span
1).there is an increased interest in sex due to hormones.
2).gender becomes of much more central importance for most adolescences.
Young adulthood
1).
The body reaches full height by the late teens, and physical strength increases into the late 20s
2).
Manual agility and coordination, and sensory capacities such as vision and hearing, are also at their peak
1).
development of postformal reasoning
2).
most young adults are able to deal with cognitive tasks in a more abstract way than before, and to attain solutions to problems by comparing possible explanations
1).
development of intimacy – the ability to love and trust another person.
2).young people are working towards auton- omy from their parents and formulating a ‘Dream’ of what they hope to become in life.
Middle adulthood
1).
appearance of grey hair and hair thinning, increases in facial wrinkles, and a tend- ency to put on weight around the waist or lower body
2).reductions in the efficiency of the cardiovascular, respiratory and nervous systems
1).a decline in numeric skill
2).modest decrease in reaction time and a reduction in conscious processing efficiency
1).
the feeling in mid-life that one has made or is making a contribu- tion to the next generation
2).
he feeling experienced by some individuals in mid-life that they have achieved relatively little and have little to offer to the next generation
Late adulthood
1).
changes in general posture due to the loss of collagen between the spinal vertebrae
2).decline in muscle mass and reductions in the efficiency of the respiratory, digestive and urinary systems
1).
average performance adults in mid-life, will see evidence of some decline
2).intellectual performance decreases during this stage in life
1).
reminisce about their past and review how they feel about themselves.
2).
changes in capacity and performance, as well as changes in relations with others and in society’s expectations.
References
Hockenbury ,D (2014) Discovering Psychology sixth edition retrieved from 9781464102417