Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1976

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Britt, David

Abstract

Developmental research has typically focused on one specific and rather narrowly defined age group. It is suggested that attention to a life-span perspective is increasing and that potentially such a perspective will integrate our concept of human development, especially in regard to the study of aging. Toward this end, the paper discusses paradigm differences in the definition of development and how these definitions have affected previous developmental studies. The developmental theories of Piaget, Mead, and Erikson are presented as a broad theoretical framework for life-span research. Methodological implications of a life-span perspective are considered.

Extent

69 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT13816

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