Lifespan Development - Life Span Human Development | HD 101, Study notes of Psychology

Download Lifespan Development - Life Span Human Development | HD 101 and more Study notes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! HD 101 Lifespan development Think Acquire knowledge Comprehend knowledge Apply knowledge Syllabus Lifespan development = story of life from __________________________________________ Kail & Cavanaugh Newborn = birth – 1 month Infant = 1 mth – 1 year Toddler = 1 year – 2 years Preschooler = 2 – 6 years School age = 6-12 years Adolescent = 12 – 20 years Young adult = 20-40 years Middle-aged adult = 40-60 years Young-old adult = 60-80 years Old-old adult = 80 years & beyond development= change and ________________________ Traditional approach Change occurs from birth to ________________________ Little or no change in ________________________ Decline in old age Lifespan development Erikson & increased life expectancy Development occurs throughout the ________________________ Gains and ________________________ 3 Issues in development Nature versus nurture Continuity versus discontinuity Universal versus context-specific Nature versus nurture Nature = ________________________ or hereditary (biology) Nurture = ________________________, environment Continuity vs. Discontinuity Do key pieces of who you are remain the same (________________________)? At each stage do you leave some of yourself behind? Universal vs. Context-specific Will development follow one clear ________________________? Does the ________________________ in which you develop alter how you progress? Basic Forces Biological Psychological Sociocultural Lifecycle biological physical nature – ________________________________________________, health-related factors psychological ________________________, emotional, personality, ________________________, and related factors that influence development sociocultural Involves changes in an individual’s _______________________________________and influences that stem from our families, neighborhoods, culture, surrounding environments Lifecycle reflect differences in how the ________________________________________________ Studying human development Theories Study through a ________________________ Package years of ________________________ Psychoanalytic/dynamic People move through ___________________________________in which they confront __________________ between biological drives and ________________________ Conflict resolution determines outcomes Ability to get along with others Ability to learn Ability to cope ________________________ Psychoanalytic 3. Ability to ________________________________________________to behavior Assumptions of EL theories ________________________ ________________________ development Focus on ________________________ (behavior) ________________________most important (internal processes either absent or serve secondary function) Cognitive developmental theory Learning is based on ________________________ Internal structures drive development Child creates theory à fills in ________________________ Jean Piaget Children pass through ________________________that allow them to see the world in ________________________different ways assumptions All ________________________for everyone ________________________sequence About the ____________________________________for all Stages build on previous stages ________________________ individual Piaget’s 4 stages Sensorimotor Preoperations Concrete operations Formal operations sensorimotor Birth – 2 yrs Takes in new knowledge through _____________________, coordinates with body movements preoperations 2-6 yrs Begin to represent the world w/ ________________________________________________ Concrete operations 7-11 yrs Learn about self through mental manipulation of concepts in ______________________ to world Become more ________________________________________________ Bound by ________________________ _____(what I see, here & now) Formal operations 12 and up ________________________thinking 4 advancements Think about thinking Think ahead Think about possibilities Think through hypotheses Ecological & Systems Approach The ________________________ of your development is all important Bronfenbrenner Development of a person is embedded in a series of __________________________________________ Competence-Enivonmental Press Goodness of fit = ______________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Lifespan perspective, Selective Optimization with Compensation, Life Course Perspective