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Three Development Patterns of Aging
â—‹ Normal aging
 Mostindividuals
 Psychologicalfunctions peak in early middle age
 Stable until the late fifties
â—‹ Pathological aging
 Greater than average decline
 Early old age, may havemild cognitive impairment
â—‹ Successfulaging
 Positive physical, cognitive, andsocioemotional development maintained
longer
 Declining later in old age
• TheNature of Development (pg. 14-16)
â—‹ Nature-nurtureissue
 Nature- Biological inheritance
 Nurture- Environmentalexperiences
â—‹ Stability-change
 Early traits and characteristics persist throughlife or change
â—‹ Continuity-discontinuity issue
 Involvedeither gradual, cumulative change or distinct stages of change
• Theories ofDevelopment (pg. 26)
â—‹ Scientific Method
 Come up witha process or problem to be studied
 Collect research information
 Analyze data
 Draw conclusions
â—‹ Theory
 Aninterrelated, coherentset of ideas that helps to explain phenomena
and make predictions
 Theories (possibly onquiz - people related to what theory):
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