Table of Contents (TOC)
Dr Jay Seitz
Human Lifespan Development…Backwards: Retracing the Stages of Life (Ontogeny) from the End to the Beginning
(1) Late Adulthood (70 and above)
Chronic diseases of aging that shorten lifespan
- Aging and longevity
- Neurodegenerative diseases
Aging and work
- Employment vs. retirement
- Cognition and memory
Keeping the mind active vs. cognitive decline
- Intelligence, creativity, and wisdom
- Behavioral health
Sociality in later life
- Well-being and emotion
- Friends, siblings, marriage, and same-sex partnerships
(2) Middle Adulthood (40 – 70 years)
- Work vs. leisure
- Relationships in midlife
- Occupational challenges
- Gender, ethnicity, and discrimination
(3) Young Adulthood (21 – 40 years)
- Emerging adulthood
- Who do you want to be?
- Physical development and health
- Intelligence in life and work: What is it?
(4) Adolescence (12 – 21 years)
- Peers and understanding others
- Romantic relationships and sexuality
- Identity and self-esteem
- Behavioral health and the use of licit and illicit drugs
(5) Childhood (2 – 12 years)
- Emergence of the creative mind
- The centrality of schooling
- Mind and culture
- Emotions and interactions with others
(6) Infancy (0 – 2 years)
Biological foundations
- Brain development
- The external and internal (e.g., proprioception) senses
Means for exploring the world
- The embodied mind
- Perceptual, motor, and physical development
- Consciousness
- Becoming self-aware: Theory of mind
The emergence of language and thought
- Language development
- Using symbols: The symbolic stage
Emerging sociality
- Early sociality
- Emotional development
