01 Personal Needs and Development across Lifespan
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1. Physical, intellectual, emotional and social developments
Physical
- Growth : changes in appearance, body shape and weight
- Development in one’s physical skills: gross motor skills (e.g. running) and fine motor skills (e.g.writing)
Intellectual
- Development of the ability to memorize, reason, analyze and make rational decisions including language development and cognitive development
Emotional
- Development of the ability to recognize and express emotions properly, including joy, anger, grief, fear and frustration
- Development of the ability to cope with stress, worries and depression in daily life
Social
- Development of the ability to establish and maintain good relationships with others
2. Theories of Development
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development
- Sensorimotor
- Preoperational
- Concrete operational
- Formal operational
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Freud’s theory of psychosexual development
- Oral Stage
- Anal Stage
- Phallic Stage
- Latency Stage
- Genital Stage
Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development
- Trust versus mistrust
- Autonomy versus shame and doubt
- Initiative versus guilt
- Industry versus inferiority
- Identity versus role confusion
- Intimacy versus isolation
- Generativity versus stagnation
- Integrity versus despair
Kohlberg’s theory of moral development
- Pre-conventional Level
- Stage 1 punishment-obedience orientation
- Stage 2 instrumental-relativist orientation
- Conventional Level
- Stage 3 interpersonal-concordance orientation
- Stage 4 authority and social order-maintaining orientation
- Post-Conventional Level
- Stage 5 social-contract legalistic orientation
- Stage 6 universal ethical principle orientation
3. Attachment
- Secure attachment
- Ambivalent attachment
- Avoidant attachment
4. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
- Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs: physiological needs, safety needs, love and belongingness needs, esteem needs, need for self-actualisation
5. Self-concept
- Self-image – how one perceives and understands oneself
- Ideal self – a person that one would like to be
- Self-esteem – how one feels and judges oneself
6. Socialisation
- The lifelong process of acquiring values, skills and behaviours expected of individuals as a member of a particular society
7. Socialising agents
- Primary Socialisation – family, with parents, siblings and relatives
- Secondary Socialisation – friends or peers outside home
- Tertiary Socialisation – other formal groups in the society
8. Family
- A social group linked by consanguinity or marriage
9. Parenting Style
- Neglecting
- Permissive
- Authoritarian
- Authoritative
10. Life events
- Anticipated
- Unanticipated
11. Five stages of grief (Kübler-Ross)
- Denial
- Anger
- Bargaining
- Depression
- Acceptance
12. Coping and resilience
- Coping strategies: dealing with (1) emotion and (2) problem
- Positive thinking (Barrie Hopson)
- Rational and irrational beliefs (Ellis)
- ABC Model of Ellis – ‘A’ =Activating Events; ‘B’= Beliefs.; ‘C’= Consequent Emotions
Latest Update: October 2019
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- What are the important features of personal growth and development at various stages of life?
- What are the factors affecting personal growth and development?
- How do human relationships influence personal growth and development?
- How do life events influence personal growth and development?