RESILIENCE AND LIFE SPAN THEORIES

Week 10 Disucssion

Share the YouTube link to your favorite international commercial. Include your thoughts on how this ad would need to be adapted to be shown in the American market. Be sure to reference the weekly learning goals, readings and videos.

General Criteria: There is no set length for primary or peer posts; however, you must include enough information and detail to fulfill the requirements of the discussion (see Student Engagement Rubric). Remember, the discussion forums are an outlet to discuss and engage with peers about the topic(s) on hand. Each week you should be providing your primary post by Thursday at 11:59pm, and one (1) peer post by Sunday at 11:59pm. You are welcome to respond to/engage with more than one peer, but at least one peer post is required each week.

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Smith-Osborne, (2007), asserts that lifespan theories focus on the ontogenesis and sequential mastering of tasks, skills, as well as abilities.  Smith-Osborne, (2007), thesis is based on the historical and conceptual progression of the lifespan and resiliency theories. On the other hand, Robinson, Demetre, & Litman (2017) asserts psychosocial development is a lifelong progression towards an advanced level of integration and wholeness.  This process is characterized by unstable and stable periods.  Robinson, Demetre, &Litman, (2017), posit that unstable periods become a crisis when a person feels that he or she is not able to cope temporarily.  And therefore, a person starts…

 

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