Open AccessTeoria historii życia jako teoria rozwoju człowieka
Author(s) -
Andrzej Łukasik
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psychologia rozwojowa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2084-3879
pISSN - 1895-6297
DOI - 10.4467/20843879pr.21.009.15132
Subject(s) - evolutionary theory , evolutionary psychology , psychosocial , socialization , life history theory , developmental stage theories , frame (networking) , subject (documents) , development theory , psychology , erikson's stages of psychosocial development , epistemology , sociology , developmental psychology , life history , ecology , social psychology , biology , philosophy , computer science , telecommunications , psychiatry , library science , economics , market economy
The Life History Theory as a Theory of Human DevelopmentThe life history theory (LHT) is an evolutionary theory derived from evolutionary biology. According to it, species choose a reproductive strategy that maximizes adaptation (i.e., increases the chances of surviving and producing offspring) on the basis of influences contained in the environment which impacts development in the early stages of life. LHT, due to its connections with such psychological theories as psychosocial acceleration, the evolutionary theory of socialization, or the attachment theory, is also a developmental psychology theory which points to specific development paths within an evolutionary frame. The aim of this article is to shed light on LHT from the point of view of developmental psychology – a question as yet absent from the Polish literature of the subject.