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Life Span Perspective Paper
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PSY 375
January 10, 2011
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Life Span Perspective
Development begins at birth and continues throughout one’s entire life. According to
Smith (1999, para.4), “The first and obvious element is change - that development involves
movement from one state to another.” Whether it’s physically, mentally, or both, all individuals
experience transitions as they move through the different life spans. The typical stages of
development that humans go through include: childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle
adulthood, and late adulthood. As individuals progress from one stage of life to the next there
are a variety of factors that influence the unique development from one person to the next.
Factors such as culture, genetics, and environmental influences all play significant roles in life
span development.
Each span of an individual’s life is characterized by differing stages of development. The
life span perspective of development is not limited to any one specific age or stage of life, which
is one of the primary aspects of the life span perspective. This perspective is also diverse in the
fact that changes can occur on a social, cognitive, or physical level (Smith, 1999). According to
Berger (2008) there are five primary principles that can be applied when examining the various
stages of an individual’s life span. These principles include: multidirectional, multicontextual,
multicultural, multidisciplinary, and plasticity.
Five Principles of Development
The first principle, multidirectional, takes into account the variations that exist in
reference to developmental changes throughout one’s life span. The main facet of the
multidirectional principle is that change is ultimately unpredictable; therefore these
developmental changes can go in any direction at any point in time as the individual progresses

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