Michael Apted, The 'Seven Up !'

Life has its way of turning an individual’s attention to better understanding the overall course of life. One may experience different transitions, and turning points as well as particular life events and family experiences that may influence the developmental trajectories of life. The Moore Family- Ed, Jessica, Derrick, Terrance, Debbie and Barbara- all have stories that have unfolded over a period of time. One of the useful ways I will attempt to explain the Moore’s family stories, and the relationship between time and human behavior, is the life course perspective. The life course perspective maintains that chronological age, relationships, common life transitions, and social change shape people’s lives from birth to death (Hutchinson, 2013). Timing is very important.

For my paper I will be discussing in depth the responses to the questions posed at the end of the study as follows. What kinds of problems are inherent in Jolene’s research project? How would these problems affect the research results? How would you solve these problems? What should Stefanie do? What would the consequences of these actions be for Jolene? For Dr. Lee? For Stefanie

Lifespan development is essential, as it is the changes that happen to us throughout a person’s lifespan. Our development occurs at ages stages where we develop from infancy till death. This essay will contain my life story to display the domains in 5 age stages in my lifespan development. The domains I will be exploring is in this essay is physical, emotional, cognitive, social, cultural and moral domain. The influence of biological and environmental play a significant role in my development. Development is influenced by nature or nurture and its affect will occur throughout lifespan. The changes that occur during development have stage. Each theorists has stages of development where they display the changes. This essay will explore my

The field of study that examines patterns of growth, change, and stability in behavior that occur throughout the entire lifespan is called lifespan development. Lifespan development takes a scientific approach in its study of growth, change, and stability. This development emphases on human development. Developmentalists study the course of development in nonhuman species, the most popular examine growth and change in people. In contrast I will focus on the ways people and myself change and grow during our lives, with the consideration of stability in our live span. Together, these findings suggest that we will go through

This paper serves to apply the knowledge learned throughout the course, COUN 502, to the development and growth in my lifespan. I will aim to demonstrate a working knowledge of the theories, terminology, and concepts of human growth and development. I will show how these disciplines apply to my own life experiences and how I did throughout my key life events, through the use of empirical studies.

What was the purpose of this study? (i.e., what question(s) did the authors want to answer?)

·  What conclusions did the study reach? Are the conclusions appropriate? Why or why not?

In the documentary series, Seven Up, a group of seven year olds, from Great Britain, give self-reports, in a longitudinal study, every seven years, about various topics in their lives. The type of observation being used is structured. The same participants are being used, and know they are being observed and out of all the characters, I focused on, Suzy Lusk.

10) Was the sample for this study adequately described? Provide a rationale for your answer

The documentary 7 Up! provided insight to 14 children’s lives whom have vastly different backgrounds in the 1960s and the follow-up video 7 Plus Seven, allows us to see the changes that have or have not occurred. Comparatively to all children, these 14 lives have multiple influences effecting their thoughts and decisions. Particularly I will discuss the influences of class, family, race, and gender and determine whether or not the patterns demonstrated at age seven correspond to the patterns at fourteen.

Life means a constant change in various fields of living standards. These changes can be both positive and negative; they are not repeated, but in essence have something in common. If one take this to the attention and develop a strategy for the future, positive changes can be supported and developed, while negative changes can be reduced and prevented in the future.

Pollastek et al (2012) fail to give those reading the article the salient information that led the experimenters to make their conclusions. The information missing includes the sample population, and how many participants were assigned to the various groups being tested. The failure to provide this information brings into question whether the conclusions drawn are from smaller sample sizes or varied group sizes. Leaving out these details in conjunction with a lack of any analyzable data causes the audience to accept the conclusions of the study without any data to back it

1.1 Explain the positive and negative events and transitions that may impact on their lives physically, socially, psychologically and how these will relate to

These episodes are also summarized versions of research articles which means that important information can excluded. This omission of information can then be misleading to the general public. In regards to the research article the type of study conducted comes with its own weaknesses. Since the study is longitudinal there is a risk of attrition or loss of participants. Participants who may have had low academic achievement and were the oldest child may have dropped out of the study which could lead to the results the researchers

There are several key issues in Lifespan Psychology which are centered on these following factors which are; cultural factors, continuous vs discontinuous change, critical periods vs sensitive periods, lifespan approach vs particular periods approach, nature vs nurture.