2. Conceptualizes human
behavior as influenced by
developmental processes
across biological, historical,
sociocultural, and
psychological factors from
conception of death.
3. PAUL BALTES
He is credited with Developing theories
about lifespan and wisdom, the
selective optimization with
compensation theory and theories
about successful aging and developing.
Born: June 18, 1939
Died: November 7, 2006
Research Interest: Psychology
4. • Lifelong
• Multidimensional
• Multidirectional
• Plastic
• Multidisiplinary
• Contextual
BALTE’S LIFESPAN
PERSPECTIVE
PAUL BALTE’S PROPOSED.
Together with his late wife,
Margret Balte’s
Selection
Optimization
Compensation
7. Development is Multidimensional
It means a person's development
is not base on just one aspect of
their being but he broke it up into
three main distinct.
Three main distinct of
Multidimensional Development
✅ Biological
✅ Cognitive
✅ Socioemotional
10. DEVELOPMENT IS MULTI DIRECTIONAL
Baltes states that the development of a particular domain
does not occur in a strictly linear fashion but that the
development of certain traits can be characterized as
having the capacity for both an increase and decrease in
efficacy over the course of an individual's life
11. DEVELOPMENT IS PLASTIC
That characteristics are malleable or
changeable. Development is influenced by
contextual and socio-cultural influences
Plasticity denotes intrapersonal variability and
focuses heavily on the potentials and limits of
the nature of human development
12. Development is Multidisciplinary
The study of developmental psychology is
multidisciplinary. That is, the sources of age-related
changes do not lie within the province of any one
discipline.
13. DEVELOPMENT IS CONTEXTUAL
The basic process of human development involves
changing relations between the developing person
and his or her changing, multilevel context.
Accordingly, the functions associated with any one
level of organization are quite distinct from the
process of development
15. 1.Prenatal Development
2.Infancy and Toddlerhood
(First year and a half to two years of life)
3.Early childhood or Preschool year
(3-5 years old)
4.Middle childhood
(6-11 years old)
5.Adolescence
6.Early adulthood
(20's and 30's)
7.Middle adulthood
(Late 30's to mid 60's)
8.)late adulthood
(65 and older)
9.Death and Dying
19. The nature-nurture issue involves the extent to
which development is influenced by nature and
by nurture. Nature refers to an organism’s
biological inheritance, nurture to its
environmental experiences.
20. Involves the degree to which we become older
renditions of our early experience (stability) or
whether we develop into someone diff erent
from who we were at an earlier point in
development (change).
21. Focuses on the extent to which development
involves gradual,cumulative change (continuity)
or distinct stages(discontinuity).
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Most life-span developmentalists
acknowledge that development is not all
nature or all nurture, not all stability or
all change, and not all continuity or all
discontinuity.
24. Bio-construction
Bio-construction is understood as a form of
construction that respects living beings and the
environment.
There is a difference between “sex” and
“gender.” Sex is “biological” while gender
is “psychological,” “social,” or “cultural.”
25. Social Constructs
include race, gender, nationality, childhood, madness,
age, intelligence, and beauty. The idea emerges from
postmodern and poststructural theories in cultural
studies and sociology. It highlights how concepts like
race, gender roles, and beauty are not natural or
normal.
26. Individuals
Individuals who belong to a certain cultural identity will
embrace common characteristics such as languages,
practices, customs, values and views.
Culture can be defined as all the ways of life including arts,
beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed
down from generation to generation.
CULTURE
27. Why culture is important for an
individual?
In addition to its intrinsic value, culture provides
important social and economic benefits. With improved
learning and health, increased tolerance, and
opportunities to come together with others, culture
enhances our quality of life and increases overall well-
being for both individuals and communities.
29. Lifespan development
• a process
beginning at
conception that
continues until
death.
Characteristics of Life
Span Perspective
• multidimensional and
contextual
• Plastic
• A process that involves
GROWTH, MAINTENANCE, AND
REGULATION OF LOSS
30. Importance of Studying Life Span
Development
-prepare us to take responsibility for our
children
-gives insights about our own lives
