Theories of human development have been most susceptible to criticism for overemphasizing. True or False?

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Melvin Jefferson

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9 March, 03:18

Theories of human development have been most susceptible to criticism for overemphasizing. True or False?

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Winston · Answer 1

That statement is true

To be more precise, they have been most susceptible to criticism for overemphasizing discrete age-linked stages.

Discrete age linked stages refers to the assumption that human would experience a certain level of development as we got into a certain age.

The problem with this is that people develop at a different rate. The development that happened to people is influenced by many factors such as intelligence level, environmental factors, personal experience, etc.

Because of this, theories of human development faced a lot of criticism. They overemphasize how much age influence the development that occurs to people.