Compare and contrast normative age-graded, normative history-graded, and nonmormative
changes. Provide an age-related example for each.
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Normative Age-Graded Changes: Changes that are common to every individual in a species and are
linked to specific ages.
Example: A baby's first steps.
Normative History-Graded Changes: Variations in life experience which affect each generation
somewhat differently.
Example: 9/11.
Nonnormative Changes: Changes that result from unique, unshared events.
Example: Conception.
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