Lifespan Development Project Two Answer Key

Project Two Template Use this template to complete your life-span theory exploration paper. Answer each question with a minimum of 3 to 5 sentences. Support your answers with credible sources when appropriate. Complete this template by replacing the bracketed text with the relevant information. 1. Identify a theorist, summarize their theory, and explain the aspects of that theory that relate to the biological perspective. Jean Piaget is a theorist who believed in a person’s personal knowledge based on the results of their encounters with different life experiences and their personal biological development stages. Piaget’s theory of cognitive development has 4 stages: Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational, and Formal Operational. The theory analyzes cognitive development, specifically how an individual’s mind develops throughout the different stages of their life. He believed a child’s development is determined by how they mature and how they area raised and influenced. Every individual goes through the 4 stages in order, and each stage requires a different level of maturation and understanding. In the text it states, “all children everywhere progress through the stages in the order they are listed without skipping or regressing to earlier stages” (Sigelman & Rider, 2017). 2. Provide an example of how this biological perspective of life-span development applies to your lived experience. Piaget’s belief in every child moving through the 4 stages in the same order is valid. Both my daughters have transitioned from Sensorimotor (birth to 2 years) to Preoperational (2 years to 7 years). I’ve watched both my daughters engage by observing, listening, and interacting (touch) to understand how life works. As they aged past two, they’ve began to use their minds tot imagine, play, and learn new information. They’ve begun forming opinions and are eager to express their feelings in a myriad of ways. I’ve observed how these two stages build upon each other as my children grow in age. 3. Identify a theorist, summarize their theory, and explain the aspects of that theory that relate to the psychological perspective. The cognitive behavior theory was developed by Aaron Beck. He created this theory believing that an individual’s experiences dictate how they feel and view the world around them. Beck also felt negative behavior directly correlates with negative thinking and attitudes. Individuals who think negatively about themselves have a distorted reality about life. Beck felt that if an individual challenged themselves to stop serving thoughts that aren’t benefitting them, and to replace them with thoughts that are more positive, it will improve their overall mental health (Kirby, 2022). 4. Provide an example of how this psychological perspective of life-span development applies to your lived experience. This psychological perspective lifespan development applies to me because there was a time I was filled with self-doubt, when I was pregnant about to become a single mother to two children under two years of age. I was unsure if I was adequate as a parent to successfully raise two daughters on my own with no real help. We’ve went from being homeless, in a shelter during the pandemic to living on our own for the past two years in our own apartment. Changing my attitude towards life during this difficult journey has gotten me to the place that I want to be in my life. 1 5. Identify a theorist, summarize their theory, and explain the aspects of that theory that relate to the social perspective. The social learning theory created by Albert Bandura focuses on the concept that social behavior is learned by analyzing, mimicking, and displaying the attitudes and behaviors of others around them. In his theory, bandura felt that humans are cognitive beings whose active analysis of information is pertinent to one’s learning, development, and behavior (Sigelman & Rider, 2017). Environmental and cognitive factors influence what is learned by humans and how they may behave. Children observe other children and adults around them through social interactions. They will then mimic the behavior of others during interactions and basing whether these behavior are acceptable or not on the positive or negative reinforcements they receive. 6. Provide an example of how this social perspective of life-span development applies to your lived experience. An example of how social perspective of lifespan development applies to my lived experience would be watching how my father treated my mother when they were angry with one another. Instead of arguing, he would simply walk away and avoid confrontation altogether. I began to display this learned behavior whenever I was frustrated or overwhelmed with something. It wasn’t until I became an independent adult when I realized that avoiding things don’t actually correct the issue at hand, so I changed my behavior. 7. Describe why analyzing the life span from a combined biological, psychological, and social perspective is important. [Insert text.] 2