Lifespan Development Perspective

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I interviewed my grandmother Rachel, who is 76 years old. Our relationship is close but also distant since she lives in California, I don’t get the opportunity to talk and see her as much as I would like. There are multiple features of the lifespan development perspective that can be applied to my grandmother’s life. The first being development is as lifelong process apply to my grandmother religious development throughout her life. In school as a young child, she learned about religion and all the different kinds of religions. As a young adulthood, she developed her religious beliefs by attending church masses and participating in church activities. During her adulthood and into late adulthood, she continues to attend church masses regularly

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