Human Development In The Movie 56 Up

In the film 56 Up, I observed ten specific individuals throughout their lives starting when they were around five or six years old. They were followed in a series of films to show their development and how they coped with certain life situations. The film 56 Up was to see where they were at in life and how they looked at life since the last updated film. While each person was telling their story of life, I took notes and I focused on three different themes: 1) nature/nurture, 2) the sociocultural context, and 3) the active child. Nature and Nurture is Theme number one in the Enduring Themes of Human Development. It helps psychologist’s come to many conclusions in terms of how children develop through time with their genetic material and their

Simon has multiple marriages with multiple kids. His first marriage was when he was 28 and had five children. His second marriage was when he was 42 and had another son named Daniel. When Simon was 49, him and his wife

The main point of this theme is the child or individual contributes to their own development by choosing their own environment and who they surround themselves with from an early age. The contributions that children make always increase as they grow older and this is because parents do not have much say in their life. In the film, I observed the pair, Suzy and Nick. When Suzy was about 16 years old, she left school and went away to Paris and received a job. While Suzy was in Paris, she met a man named Rupert and they fell in love and became married. At the age of 28, the couple had two sons, Thomas and Oliver then later at around 35 they had a daughter named Laura. Suzy acknowledged in the film that she had a great family and believes she is doing very well in terms of her journey of life. This example goes along with the The Active Child Theme because Suzy picked her own life at a young age. She contributed to her own development by choosing and changing her environment; this was by leaving school and moving to Paris. If she hadn’t done this and listened to her parents, then life maybe would have turned out completely different for her. Moreover, Nick, as a child, did not enjoy boarding school at all and felt he was forced to grow up. When he was 28, he ventured to America and went to the University of Wisconsin to do research and soon became a professor of electrical engineering. Nick is an example