What do we Mean by ‘Development’ in Old Age?

1981 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew William McCulloch
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Alternative Model ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Causal Role ◽  
Developmental Models ◽  
Emergent Change ◽  
Catastrophe Models

ABSTRACTIt is currently the vogue to speak of development throughout life. It is here argued that epigenetic models of human development are unsuited to explaining psycho-social change in old age. An alternative model of the emergence of psycho-social change in old age is proposed. An indication is given of why such change should occur, and the argument is illustrated with two catastrophe models of change, one hypothetical, and another describing events in the life of the composer Sibelius. These models indicate how role loss and modernization could have a causal role in psycho-social change. It is then argued that under prevailing social conditions emergent change could take the form of an ‘inner journey’ in old age. It is concluded that it is time to re-assess the use of developmental models of change in old age.

Handbook of Imagination and Culture

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Developmental Process ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Past

Imagination is a core driver of human development as well as social transformation. Long ignored in psychology, imagination enjoys renewed interest in developmental and sociocultural approaches to mind and culture. In this Handbook, the enquiry is broadened, and imagination is explored by a number of eminent scholars and practitioners within and at the frontiers of cultural psychology. Organized in four main sections, the Handbook of Imagination and Culture first examines the history and extension of the concept of imagination, its proximity to creativity, and the methodology used to approach it. The second section examines imagination as a dynamic, lifelong developmental process: its emergence in childhood and expression in adulthood and into old age. The third section explores imagination as a pervasive phenomenon in domains such as music, theatre, work, and education. The fourth sections shows that imagination can function as a motor for social change in community work, in the use of new technologies, in society’s relation to the past, and in political change. As a whole, the book invites us to go beyond the frontiers of our knowledge: it opens perspectives for future research and cultivates the potential for individual and collective action toward an imagined future.

Dialecticism across the Lifespan: Towards a Deeper Understanding of the Ontogenetic and Cultural Factors Influencing Dialectical Thinking and Emotional Experience

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Grossmann
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Developmental Models ◽  
Empirical Inquiry ◽  
Cultural Processes ◽  
Dialectical Thought

Before dialecticism became a topic of empirical inquiry in cultural psychology, scholars in related disciplines has discussed dialecticism as a model of human development, as an essential component of maturity and wisdom. This review chapter bridged these two perspectives, comparing conceptualizations of dialecticism in developmental and cultural psychology. After reviewing historical portrayals of dialecticism in various philosophical traditions, this chapter provides comparison of historical characterizations with the contemporary treatment of dialecticism in human development and cultural psychology. Both streams -- developmental and cross-cultural -- are proposed as essential for an integral understanding of the construct. Subsequently, the chapter discusses the emerging developmental models of dialecticism across the lifespan and reviews the accompanying empirical evidence, situating it in a cross-cultural context. It concludes with an outline of future directions of research on dialectical thought, with attention to psychological and socio-cultural processes engendering dialecticism across the lifespan.

Dialecticism across the Lifespan

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Grossmann
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Developmental Models ◽  
Empirical Inquiry ◽  
Sociocultural Processes ◽  
Dialectical Thought

Before dialecticism became a topic of empirical inquiry in cultural psychology, scholars in related disciplines had discussed dialecticism as a model of human development, as an essential component of maturity and wisdom. This chapter bridges these two perspectives, comparing conceptualizations of dialecticism in developmental and cultural psychology. After reviewing historical portrayals of dialecticism in various philosophical traditions, the chapter provides a comparison of historical characterizations with the contemporary treatment of dialecticism in human development and cultural psychology. Both streams—developmental and cross-cultural—are proposed as essential for an integral understanding of the construct. Subsequently, the chapter discusses the emerging developmental models of dialecticism across the lifespan and reviews the accompanying empirical evidence, situating it in a cross-cultural context. It concludes with an outline of future directions of research on dialectical thought, with attention to psychological and sociocultural processes engendering dialecticism across the lifespan.

Capital Switching and the Role of Ground Rent: 1 Theoretical Problems

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
R J King
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Housing Market ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Rent Extraction ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Speculative Investment ◽  
Capital Switching

The flow of both productive and speculative investment into housing relates to the state of capital accumulation in other economic sectors, as hypothesised in the ‘circuits of capital’ argument, but it also relates to the incentive to ‘switch’ investment into and out of housing, and therefore to expectations of ground rent and the (changing) social conditions that enable ground rent extraction. This is the first of three papers in which the relationships involved in these processes are explored. A series of theoretical problems arising from the argument are dealt with, principally relating to its seeming economic determinism and to an inappropriately narrow treatment of crisis and social change. In the subsequent papers, in this journal, these various ideas will be used to reflect on housing market and related social change in Melbourne from the 1930s to the 1980s.

Social Conditions of Mental Development

Diogenes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Teodora Bedrozova-Petrova ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Mental Development ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Developmental Factors ◽  
Human Psyche

The developmental factors of heredity and environment form a complex union on the territory of the human psyche. The biological foundations of human development are merely the premise for its socially-driven deployment. This report focuses on some portions of the main aspects of mental development, the foundations of which lie in the environmental conditions.

scholarly journals Geloofsvolwassenheid en Christelike spiritualiteit binne die knyptang van prestasiedruk tydens vroegbejaardheid

2005 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
D.J. Louw
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Spiritual Maturity ◽  
Christian Spirituality ◽  
Developmental Models ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Performance Pressure ◽  
The Sublime ◽  
Life Issues

Spiritual maturity and Christian spirituality within the crush between performance pressure and adjustment to early pre-elderliness In this article it is argued that a developmental understanding of the different stages of life is appropriate for a pastoral hermeneutical approach. In order to link spiritual maturity to life issues, both J. Fowler’s and E.H. Erikson’s developmental models are discussed. However, little attention has been given in existing subject-related research to the “in-between stage”: between performance and preparation for retirement. In order to focus a pastoral hermeneutics on the unique needs this phase has for Christian spirituality, it is argued that an understanding of the Biblical notion of parrhēsia can play a decisive role in helping people to discover continuity and courage “to be in order” and to cope with the eventual demands of old age. For this purpose a new aesthetics should be rediscovered: the existence of the sublime within the ridiculous. (The paradox of hope and beauty despite fraity and disfigurement.)

scholarly journals Autoestima e fatores associados às condições sociais em idosos Self esteem and factors associated with social conditions in the elderly

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 738
Author(s):  
Saulo Sacramento Meira ◽  
Alba Benemérita Alves Vilela ◽  
Cezar Augusto Casotti ◽  
Doane Martins Da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Factors Associated

Objetivo: avaliar a autoestima e sua associação com as condições sociais em idosos corresidentes no Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais. Métodos: Estudo epidemiológico, tipo inquérito domiciliar de base populacional, realizado com 279 idosos, residentes na zona urbana e rural do município de Salto da Divisa-MG, sem déficit cognitivo segundo critérios do Mini Exame do Estado Mental. Para obter os dados utilizou-se a Escala de Autoestima de Rosenberg e o questionário Brazil Old Age Schedule. Os dados foram tabulados e analisados no SPSS®. Para verificar a associação utilizou-se o teste do qui-quadrado de Pearson (X2), com nível de significância de 5%. Resultados: Quanto a autoestima, 22,9% apresentaram alta, 69,5% normal e 7,5% baixa autoestima. Diferenças significativas foram identificadas entre a autoestima e as variáveis escolaridade (p=0,005) e satisfação com os coabitantes (p=0,048). Conclusão: Na população pesquisada, possuir escolaridade e as relações interpessoais em domicílio se configurou como fatores protetores para a boa autoestima.

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