Life Time Research Paper

Chapter one focuses on the biological changes that have occurred over time regarding female maturation; most notably, the earlier onset of menarche, or a female’s first menstruation. Earlier ages of menarche have resulted from the higher living conditions that most American girls enjoy today. The chapter also covers the differing generational ways of talking, or not, about menstruation and the consequences of that. Chapter two continues

Have you ever wondered about how life will be until you're thirty years old? Do you know what career you’ll choose, what hobby you will take part of, where you live, and what family you want? I have a long time till I’m thirty years old, but I already started to plan. What I do today could impact my future! So, here are my plans until I become thirty years old.

“If Men Could Menstruate” by Gloria Steinem paints an image of what our society might be like if men, not women, menstruated. Steinem portrays males in a way that challenges patriarchal society in order to develop a commentary on the cultural paradigm and appeal to the female demographic.

The interview was conducted with a married female, 59 ½ years of age. The purpose was to document the subject’s lifespan history with recollections of significant events in her development. The focus was to identify any dystonic outcomes during any of the stages of Erikson’s personal developmental theory, theory of the mind, Levinson theory, attachment theory and Identity theory. It is anticipated that the questions could quarantine specific areas and incidents that may have obstructed any of the developmental theories thereby influencing the subject’s later view of adolescent, young adult and middle age. The focus for the paper is inspired by Erickson’s emphasis on the identity crisis as the “psychosocial

Goldenberg, J. L., & Power, C. & Pyszcynski, T. & Roberts, T. (2002). “FEMININE PROTECTION”: THE EFFECT OF MENSTRUATION ON ATTITUDES TOWARDS WOMEN. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 26, 131-139.

Picking someone for this paper was much more difficult than the first one, at immediate thought the only people I knew over the age of 65 were my family members. I started to look into some of my friends’ parents but they were not quite there. Then it hit me, the perfect person to interview would be my friend that passed away in Dickinson, her grandmother. She is one of the most loving, caring, supportive grandparents I have ever met. I have always seen her from that stand point so interviewing her would only help me to understand how she became the way she is today.

So in conclusion the life span of development is simply psychological studies that form the very conception of the theory which is until the death of humans. It also has an insight of the relationship development as well that can be seen with in different stages of one’s development along with the five characteristics stages too. Even though Piaget and Freud did have very different theories on the different

The lifespan interview was conducted 70 years of age married black female whom I will be calling Mrs. D. The purpose was to document the subject’s lifespan history with recollections of important or significant events in her development. Mrs. D is a native of McIntosh, Alabama. She was born to a Mr. and Mrs. Hiram P. Reed Sr. on the 13th of December in 1967 in McIntosh Alabama. She has five siblings 4 brothers and two sisters. She has 6 children three boys and three girls with one son being descent. This interview was conducted on a live face-to-face webcam so that Mrs. D would feel much more comfortable.

The majority of lifespan development theories analyze growth and development from two major possibilities, that is, development as a continuous process and development as a discontinuous process (Berk, 2007). Continuous development is defined as the process where an individual builds on the same skills exhibiting at an early age while the discontinuous development is the process that allows individuals to exhibit new and different ways of understanding and responding to different situations and occurrences (Berk, 2007; Koren, 2011). The lifespan development theories that explain growth and development as a process of stages follow a discontinuous development perspective (Berk, 2007).

According to Cliff Notes, Developmental psychology is the scientific study of age-related changes throughout the human life span. A discipline of scientific inquiry, developmental psychology recognizes humans of all societies and cultures as beings who are “in process,” or constantly growing and changing. This discipline identifies the biological, psychological, and social aspects that interact to influence the growing human life-span process. Within the last 25 years, developmentalist’s researchers who study human development expanded their focus to include the study of the physical, motor, cognitive, intellectual, emotional, personality, social, and moral changes that occur throughout all stages of the life span (cliff notes).

In the article, Steinem makes many bold claims about how the connotation menstruation has in reality would be completely flipped if it was the burden of men. She begins by stating that the ability to menstruate for men would be a symbol of pride and manhood. In competition with each other, men would compare the intensity and longevity of their periods to prove who would be superior. Men would even claim that sex is more pleasurable during their monthly period. Product such as tampons and pads would be marketed to men using public figures to appeal in similar

The purpose of this paper is to present a comparison of my knowledge and understanding of lifespan development at the outset of course PSY 7210 Lifespan Development and at the courses’ end. In this paper I will explore lifespan development by identifying and discussing the stages of development, theoretical perspectives and research related to lifespan development. I will conclude with discussing how my knowledge and understanding of lifespan development can be applied within my specialization of Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology.

For this paper, I had the privilege of interviewing one of my friend’s grandmother. Her name is Jamie Hansen and she is a healthy and active 68-year-old grandmother. In the beginning of the phone call, I asked some basic background knowledge questions such as how many grandkids she has and if she was a widower or not. I found out that she and her husband are happily married and that she has six grandchildren. As I got to know her more I started asking questions that pertained to the interview aspect of social theories. I figured out that Mrs. Hansen’s responses led to an application of the continuity and socioemotional selective theories.

Childbirth is a beautiful thing. After the hours of labor, there is nothing more special than having the newly mother able to hold her child the minute after it’s born. It makes the pain that you had just experienced go away because all that matters in the world is that newborn child in your arms. During labor, every woman has her own experience but one common experience is the pain. According to Kitzinger (1978) “Labor pain can have negative or positive meaning, depending on whether the child is wanted, the interaction of the laboring woman with those attending her, her sense of ease or dis-ease in the environment provided for birth, her relationship with the father of her child and her attitude to her body throughout the reproductive

The second floor was off-limits to male guests and the only men who were allowed up here were counselors and security guards; however, before they were allowed to come upstairs, an intercom announcement was made to “warn” the women of the impending male presence. Nervously, I asked Sarah to go inside the living quarters to make sure all the women were decent as well as did not mind me coming inside the room to gain a general view of the room and talk to Sarah more privately. Only a handful of women were inside and they were all fine with me coming in as long as I did not have a recording device on me (which I did not). At first glance, the living quarters’ main equipment was bunk beds. Near each bed was a small crate with personal belongings,