2007-09-09 15:25:42 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
We need to study the development of the life span so that we know what to expect at certain times of our life's. When you understand early child hood development you are less likely to see what your child's doing as a personal attack and more as a phase that he's or she's supposed to go through to develop correctly. It also helps you to realize when something is wrong. The same thing at the opposite end of the spectrum you are more likely to notice if your parents develop dementia if you know what happens as people age. Almost all people think that most of the elderly develop dementia and don't think any thing of it when their parents start to lose memory or to become uncoordinated when really it maybe that they are either on the wrong med. the meds are interacting with each other, or they are on to many meds. But if you believed that dementia was a normal part of aging you might not question you're parent's doctors when it could be something else that could be changed to get your parents back to their old selves.
2007-09-09 19:13:24 · answer #1 · answered by Kathryn R 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We don't "need" to. Students, for example, can not study and fail the course, possibly not graduating.
You have the choice to study. You have the choice not to study.
2007-09-09 22:30:20 · answer #2 · answered by guru 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
So we can plan ahead and know what we're running into.
2007-09-09 23:14:36 · answer #3 · answered by petra 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋