It is apparent that the interest in the human psyche and its effect on aging as a process were always of scientific concern. He also covered how historical events influenced aging, hence how the psyche and emotional condition of a person influence how old people become (see Lang/Martin/Pinquart: Entwicklungspsychologie – Erwachsenenalter, p.14). He did not base his work only on statistics about physical aspects, such as height, weight and strength but also and more importantly on psychological variables, like emotions and intellectual potential. The Belgian mathematician Adolphe Quételet dealt with the development of skills and collected empirical data on the course of human life. During this time Johannes Nikolaus Tetens described human development as a lifelong process including gain and loss and affected by sociocultural aspects a process that therefore can be influenced. The first theoretical disquisitions on human psychological development were composed as early as in the 18 th century. Already Greek and Roman philosophy discussed negative and positive aspects of different stages of human life. In the course of a human’s life a person goes through different physical and psychological stages and as the body becomes older the mind follows and vice versa.

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