Annotated Bibliography of Human Development (Essay Sample)

Annotated Bibliography of Human Development by Crandell, L., Crandell, H. and VanderZanden, W. (2010).
Crandell, L., Crandell, H. and VanderZanden, W. (2010), in their book Human Development (10th Ed.) present an analysis of progressive human psychological development. They emphasise that people exhibit different characteristics depending on different stages of life in which they are in. as human beings experience development over time from childhood to adulthood, they bear different attributes of virtue, and their reactions to life situations however depend on a number of factors. The first chapter of the book introduces relevant scientific perspectives of the different periods of human development as well as the influences on people reactions to life situations that are responsible for making people behave differently. Additionally, the chapter looks at the ‘Baltes life span development approach’. The following is an annotated bibliography of this chapter of the book. This aims to provide scholars with a straightforward overview of the book’s focus.
Baltes, li. B. (1987). Theoretical propositions of life-span developmental psychology: on the dynamics between growth and decline. Developmental Psychology, 23(5), 611-626.
This Developmental Psychology article elaborates one of the most important theoretical approaches to human development; the ‘life-span’ approach. According to the author, Baltes (1987), it is composed of concepts like history, geographical location and context to mention but a few. This article establishes that human development is a life-long process that begins from a person’s conception and ends at death. Baltes believes that no one point in a person’s life is more relevant than another be it childhood, adulthood or aging. Still, the article expresses the idea that forms of intelligence that involve wisdom and review of a person’s life are evident during aging and have some degree of genetic background.
Bedmar, R. L., Wells, M. G., & Peterson, S. R. (1989). Self-esteem. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Self-esteem represents the foundation of general behavior exhibited by people when faced with both normal and challenging life situations, a factor that greatly influences the reality of making people behave differently. Bedmar et al. (1989) indicate that self-esteem is a result of how people contend with mental threats and challenges and is not dependant on opinions of others about someone. However, these authors were also of the opinion that in some cases, self-esteem is influenced by personal perceptions of a person by other members of the society resulting in approval-seeking behavior by people, which bears a direct impact on a person’s human development.
Kuypers, J. A., & Bengston, V. l. (1973). Social breakdown and competence. A model of normal aging. Human Development, 16, 181-201.
The authors Kyupers and Begston (1973) establish that social breakdown and competence are part of human development in eithe...