Pros And Cons Of Development Over A Lifespan

Development Over A Lifespan Lifespan development is the name that psychologists have given the cognitive and physical changes that occur throughout a person’s life. Scientists has divided the diverse periods of development into eight categories: prenatal, infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood. Scientists also divide these eight categories into three other categories called domains, such as physical, mental, and social. Changes in life that occur are categorized mainly in the physical domain. For example, a 40-year-old man is certainly much taller and heavier than he was when he was a teenager. Over this span he has grown in size, acquired facial hair and his eyesight has probably diminished to the point where he probably needs some type of prescription to see better. Each of these fluctuations is biological in nature and apart of the physical domain. In middle – late adulthood, mental changes also start to occur. In human nature, as we age our memory isn’t as sharp as it once was, but we still tend to believe that our ability to solve problems, and reasoning skills improve with age. Mental functions, such as problem solving, and memory are considered part of the cognitive domain.

As adults, we now have a vast network of acquaintances with a greater amount of racial diversity. According to studies, there is a greater amount of racial diversities seen among the friendships in adult life rather than during childhood and there is more of a balance between male and female relationships. The changes that occur in our relationships that we build, the way we interact with one another, and our ability to establish friendships with others is considered to be apart of our social