Lifespan Development

1
Lifespan Development

• Physical and Cognitive Development in Early
  Adulthood
• 20 - 40
• Chapter 13

2
Physical Functioning

• Primary Aging
• Secondary Aging
• Brain Development
• Limbic
• Sex Differences
• White Matter
• Grey Matter
• Peak in Physical Functioning

3
Health Wellness

• STDs
• Rates of loss vary due to
• Health Habits
• Social Support
• Sense of Personal Control
• Abuse Global Health Problem
• Causes?
• Types Violence is Violence
• Sexual Violence
• Causes

4
Rates of Mental Illnesses

• Higher Incidence than in Middle Adulthood Why?
• Schizophrenia
• Personality Disorders

5
Cognitive Changes

• Beyond Piaget?
• Dialectic Thought
• Types of Intelligence
• Crystallized
• Fluid
• Memory
• Processing

6
Post Secondary Education

• Benefits
• Traditional v. Non-traditional
• Students with Disabilities
• Gender Differences