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  2. Developmental psychology - Wikipedia

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    Adolescence is the period of life between the onset of puberty and the full commitment to an adult social role, such as worker, parent, and/or citizen. It is the period known for the formation of personal and social identity (see Erik Erikson) and the discovery of moral purpose (see William Damon). Intelligence is demonstrated through the ...

  3. Paul Baltes - Wikipedia

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    Paul B. Baltes (18 June 1939 – 7 November 2006) was a German psychologist whose broad scientific agenda was devoted to establishing and promoting the life-span orientation of human development. He was also a theorist in the field of the psychology of aging.

  4. Developmental stage theories - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, developmental stage theories are theories that divide psychological development into distinct stages which are characterized by qualitative differences in behavior. [ 1 ] There are several different views about psychological and physical development and how they proceed throughout the life span.

  5. Adult development - Wikipedia

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    Erik Erikson and Carl Jung proposed stage theories [2] [3] of human development that encompass the entire life span, and emphasized the potential for positive change very late in life. The concept of adulthood has legal and socio-cultural definitions. The legal definition [4] of an adult is a person

  6. Evolutionary psychology - Wikipedia

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    According to life history theory, animals evolve life histories to match their environments, determining details such as age at first reproduction and number of offspring. Dual inheritance theory posits that genes and human culture have interacted, with genes affecting the development of culture, and culture, in turn, affecting human evolution ...

  7. Individual Learning Plan - Wikipedia

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    Emphasis on the student's role in the learning experience has been shown in research to be crucial to a productive learning experience. [1] The Individual Learning Plan can also be used by an individual on their own or as part of a community of interest, a team or an organization to manage learning over the course of their life.

  8. Life history theory - Wikipedia

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    The theory was developed in the 1950s [4] and is used to answer questions about topics such as organism size, age of maturation, number of offspring, life span, and many others. [5] In order to study these topics, life history strategies must be identified, and then models are constructed to study their effects.

  9. Human - Wikipedia

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    The life span of an individual depends on two major factors, genetics and lifestyle choices. [211] For various reasons, including biological/genetic causes, women live on average about four years longer than men. [212] As of 2018, the global average life expectancy at birth of a girl is estimated to be 74.9 years compared to 70.4 for a boy.