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Welcome to Lifespan
Development!
What is Human Development?
The gradual process throughout a
person’s life from when they are born
and until they die.
Lifespan Development
• The average life span in the 21st century is 78
years. (that is 30 years longer than in the 20th
century)
Why: Technology, Nutrition, Medicine,
Sanitation and our lifestyles have all contributed
to this increased lifespan movement through
more research.
You also interact with people everyday through
job, family and and school life. We need to know
how to interact with others. (give pre-test)
Lifespan Development
• Types of Development:
1. Physical: The changes, in size, body composition,
chemical make-up, and height that occur as humans
develop from birth through older adulthood.
2. Cognitive: The changes in the way a person’s social
relationships, feelings, social skills, self- esteem,
gender identity, and ways of coping with situations
develop from birth through older adulthood. (Might
also be called Intellectual Development or Mental
Development.
Lifespan Development
• 3. Socio-emotional: The changes in the way a
person’s social relationships, feelings, social
skills, self-esteem, gender identity, and ways
of coping with situations develop from birth
through older adulthood