Life span developmental psychology examines patterns of change and stability in psychological characteristics across the life course. The field focuses on both intraindividual ontogenesis (i.e., development within an individual) and interindividual differences in developmental trajectories.
Life span developmental psychology is concerned with understanding continuity and change in psychological characteristics across the life course. The central questions addressed by the field focus on intraindividual ontogenesis (i.e., development within an individual) as well as interindividual differences in developmental trajectories. Life span developmental psychology focuses on development in cognition, emotion, personality, and social interactions while acknowledging neurobiological, environmental, societal, and cultural contexts. It covers the entire life course from infancy to old age, but, given the context of this volume,...
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Riffin, C.A., Lӧckenhoff, C.E. (2017). Life Span Developmental Psychology. In: Pachana, N.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. Springer, Singapore. //doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-082-7_107