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Running head: DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Different developmental perspectives of major theories of development

It is important to understand the various perspectives of the major theories, there is a

concern in learning the base arguments that form the fundamental part of the aspects. Some

of the characteristics have an inclusion of being a long-time development which occurs

because of conception until death. The multidimensional niche makes a constitution of the

aspects of biological, mental as well as socioemotional. In all the aspects, there is a

composition of other components as well as a change in each dimension. The resultant

general perspective is to create change in other aspects.

In a contextual setting, there is a concern about the need for development as it occurs

which can have an example of a family and other places. The influences are in return

channeled to a different age-grade and in turn, affects it, this has a constitution of females and

males who majorly are in puberty in this aspect a challenge comes into driven cultural issues

majorly grouped by age. In a normative history-graded influence turn out to be one of a

conceptual generation which can be inclusive or rather taken an example as the world war II

and the great depression.

Development will also be an expectation required from an individuals factors which

tend to influence each other; it tends to have a combination of the culture, different factors as

well as biological combinations. About the contemporary issues which are inclusive pf the

health wellbeing- a general outlook on the proactive overall health turn which affects the

brain ability to develop there is an effect on productivity. The nature of development will be

followed by a developmental process which is multi-dimensional. There is the other aspect of

periods of development which have eight separate times there is a last perspective of

conceptions of age which will define and explain development.

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Causes of disturbance in the developmental process

In many instances, the causative reasons for a disruption in developmental is an

association of congenital malformation which is an anatomical abnormality which is present

at the birth of an individual. In many cases, there is an involvement of a genetical factor, the

most common will, therefore, be defined by the multifactorial inheritance with an outcome of

a threshold determined by the combination of many genetic as well as environmental factors.

Nicotine- is a teratogen among others and its effects will be to produce a congenital

malformation which in turn affects growth. It may be brought about by the maternal heavy

smoking of cigarette which tends to be the base source for this chemical. Nicotine will

constrict the walls of the uterine and thus cause an abnormal flow of blood thereby

decreasing the supply of the required oxygen as well as nutrients. When this happens, there is

a compromise in the cell growth, and this may in a general outlook have adverse mental

development.

Alcohol - is known to be primarily abused by childbearing women, and this has the

effect of making a common cause of developmental problems. In a clearer demonstration of

how it happens is that infants who are born by alcoholic others tend to have a predisposed

prenatal as well as postnatal deficiency in growth. It will have an inclusion of mental

retardation and other types of malfunctions. To be able to analyze and bring it as a problem

there is an association of the feature which tends to be a more significant issue for this factor,

and this is the fetal alcohol syndrome which will have an inclusion of short palpebral fissures

and congenital heart diseases among others.

Tetracycline- is yet another major antibiotic but having an effect on the growth of a

fetus considering the placenta membrane is affected by the deposited substance. Its effect is

seen in the when it is in exposure to the embryo. It results to a yellow staining which in
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primarily the foundation of the milk teeth it also initiates the diminishing growth of long

bones. In a more exposure, it causes similar effects after birth.

Stages of development of the period

The development of the individual is characterized by different stages which are

mostly initiated by the needs and urgency. There is a prenatal stage which is the conception to

birth period, and the underlying activity is the growth of the cell to full organism. The next

stage is infancy, and this is associated with many mental random activities which begin to

form, and it is inclusive to sensorimotor coordination as well as a language among others. An

initiation is accrued, and an early childhood stage comes to bloom, the core need for this is

the creation of initiating a full self-sufficient manner of concepts growth.

The other stages include middle childhood, adolescence which is associated with

rapid changes emotional and physical among others. It is then followed by middle adulthood

and then late adulthood, in this stage it presumes to be the last step which goes until death,

and it is associated with retirement and decline in many abilities.

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