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    Life Span Development involves a process of age-related changes that individuals go through beginning from birth though old age. Individuals can undergo physical, psychological, behavioral, and social changes that can impact the development of personality. According to Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory personality evolves through several stages of development (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2015). One of the benefits of having a cross-cultural perspective in regards to life span development is that it allows

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    Life Span Development Reflective Paper Introduction Brenda Watson Leadership Coaching September 19, 2010 This has been a very fascinating journey from prenatal, birth to old age. The goal of this paper is to show how my knowledge and understanding of life span development has increased, as well as demonstrate how this knowledge and understanding will apply to and can be used within my area of specialization, Leadership Coaching. As a Social Worker, I have had the opportunity to work with

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    Q: Describe a teacher or course assignment that has had the most impact on you and why. I am currently taking Life-span Growth and Development Psychology. This course is not only viable to me as a psychology major, but it assists my further thinking on aspects I was unaware of that occur in my life. Many topics in this course have to do with the key developments to a person’s life starting at infancy, all the way until late adulthood. We have weekly discussion questions that pertain to the chapter

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    Developmental Analysis Melissa Snyder Liberty University Abstract Life span development, and ultimately who we are and become as a person, is influenced by many different things that include biologic, cognitive, and socio-emotional factors. These different areas of development can be positively or negatively affected by environmental factors and stressors. If those negative environmental factors are not dealt with by the time a person reaches adulthood, there is a likelihood that

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    Prenatal Development • In the life span development the shortest is the period of the newborn or infancy • This period, which begins at conception and ends at birth, is approximately 270 to 280 days in length or nine calendar months. • How life begins? o New life begins with the union of male sex cell and female sex cell. o These sex cells are developed in the reproductive organs, the gonads. o Male gonad is “testes” and female gonad is “ovaries” o Male sex cell is referred as “spermatozoon”

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    Prenatal Development • In the life span development the shortest is the period of the newborn or infancy • This period, which begins at conception and ends at birth, is approximately 270 to 280 days in length or nine calendar months. • How life begins? o New life begins with the union of male sex cell and female sex cell. o These sex cells are developed in the reproductive organs, the gonads. o Male gonad is “testes” and female gonad is “ovaries” o Male sex cell is referred as “spermatozoon” and

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    The life span is on average 81.5 years in Ontario. Being heavier is more common in the indigenous community that non-indigenous communities. As well people that reside in the rural communities have a higher rate of illness and early death. They are not as active, smoke more, have minimal education, low income class status and have a harder time finding medical care. The indigenous communities believe that the foods that they harvest nourish the body and spirits protect against sickness. They celebrate

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    Habitat for humanity and seeing first hand the families who are getting the opportunity to rice their kids in a decent environment (P.263), reminded me The Social and Personal Development in Middle Childhood lesson, Chapter 5, of the Discovering The Life Span. The stress of the difficult environment affects the entire family. I

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    “But it has a 20 hour life span!” My dad exclaimed, “we’ve only been out here for 2!” “I might have possibly could have accidentally… played with it for 18 hours,” said my little brother, smiling adorably. Out attention was turned to the failing GPS. Not one eye faltered from the screen as it slowly flickered out. We were officially lost in the middle of the rocky mountains. Earlier that day... “Do we have everything?” I asked as we walked out the door. “Yup!” everyone replied one after the

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    The average weight of the population is on rise, not only in Australia but throughout the world, by 2025 the World Health Organisation has estimated that round 300 million people will meet the criteria to be classed as overweight or obese (World Health Organisation, 1998). Over the last couple decades Australia has seen a noticeable shift towards an increase in the populations Body Mass Index, which data has shown is accounted from by weight gain and not height changes (National Health Survey, 2008)

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