Lifespan Development

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Psychological experiences are the foundation of growth and development throughout the lifespan which matures an individual from infancy to old age. Without these psychological experiences an individual will be unable to integrate fully into society and can struggle to develop and maintain relationships, which may, in the future, cause an individual to experience problems with health and wellbeing. The focus of this essay is the stage within the lifespan where an individual will transition from adolescence to adulthood. Cognitive development and biological changes start to shape an individual’s future through decision making and risk-taking and starts in adolescence from eleven to eighteen years and adulthood starting at age eighteen and progresses …show more content…

A new responsibility may be getting house keys of their own or studying for exams. With these new responsibilities can come stress which may affect the individual internally, which can manifest into anxiety, irritability and nervousness. It may also manifest externally too in the form of sweating, fatigue, headaches and a lack of appetite. (UKEssays,2015). Within adolescence, stress is inevitable with the introduction of many new experiences and challenges which will continue throughout adolescence and into adulthood and the creation of new schemas will alow the individual …show more content…

These schemas allow individuals to process information in an ordered format, therefore not overwhelming the individual and making thoughts and experiences simpler and easier to comprehend. In infancy, Schema’s are simpler experiences which are stored in the individuals’ memory and are normally basic reflexes such as sucking and grabbing. Throughout the next stages of development more complex schemas are developed and begin with Assimilation…………….; Assimilation and accommodation. Assimilation is the idea of understanding a new situation and accommodation is where an individual will adjust its existing schemas to familiarise new knowledge and create a new concept regarding the new information. These two stages of a schema are the beginning and ending of developing a schema. The full process is sorted into four categories; Assimilation, accommodation equilibrium, and disequilibrium. When an individual is presented with a new experience they will assimilate the information causing either equilibrium or disequilibrium depending on whether or not it fits into an existing schema. If disequilibrium is experienced the individual’s thoughts and previous knowledge will become unbalanced as it is an unfamiliar piece of information and becomes a less comfortable state. In order to restore

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