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Major life events that affect development (Predictable events (:checkered…
Major life events that affect development
Predictable events
:checkered_flag: Starting school/ nursery
Positive- make friends and cope with change
:checkered_flag: Beginning and changing employment
Choosing role for income and employment
:checkered_flag: Leaving home
Achievable independence controlling personal environment
:checkered_flag: Marriage
Emotional attachment and experiencing intimacy
:checkered_flag: Parent hood
Attachment to infant
:checkered_flag: Retirement
controlling life- leaving work
Unpredictable events
Birth of sibling
- learning to make emotional attachments
Redundancy
- learning to adapt to changes in income
Illness and serious injury
- adapt to physical changes
Divorce
-learning to cope with new life style
Bereavement
- learning to cope with loss and new lifestyle
Effects on health
:star: Holmes- Rahe social readjustment rating scale
Psychologists have looked to find ways to rate and measure total stress scores that will help individuals cope with different events
The Social Readjustment Rating scale (SRRS) identifies life events each with a different score of stress level
Critisms- Holmes believed the stress factors would affect people the same, he didn't consider that each individual is unique
Stress levels
: Richard Lazarus defined stress
Health
: can be affected because of stress as they can either under or over eat or drink more alcohol