Scientific study of the systematic processes of change and stability in prople.
development psychology |
The study of Human development
definition
Scientific study of the systematic processes of change and stability in prople.
scientific study
change and stability
Basic concepts
Domains of development
Three domains are interrelated
Physical
body&brain
sensory capabilities
motor skills
health
Cognitive
learning
attention
memory
language
thinking
reasoning
creativity
Psychosocial
emotions
personality
social relationships
Periods of the life span
base on social construction
Influences on development
Factors
Heredity
Environment
maturation
Contexts of development
Family
nuclear family
two-generational kinship
dominant in Western societies
extended family
multigenerational network
more common in recent year
Socioeconomics status&Neighborhood
Main factors
Income
Education
Occupation
poverty-related risk
strengths&resilience factors
Found in low SES homes
Culture
definition
A society's or a group's way of life.
All learned behavior
parents to children
Ethnicity
Ethnic group
Ethnic gloss
Race
Historical
Unique time
unique time in which people live and grow up.
Experience
experience tied to time and place.
Types
Normative influences
definition
biological or environmental events that affect many or ost people in a society in similar ways.
Normative age-graded
1)similar for an age group
2)timimng of biological events is predictable
Ex:puberty
Normative history-graded
events that shape attitudes of historical generation.
Ex:cohort
Non-normative influences
definition
unusual events that have a major impact on individual's lives.
Atypical time
Atypical event
The life-span development approach
Deve is lifelong
Deve is multidimensional
Deve is multidirectional
Relative influences
chaning resource allocations
plasticity
influenced by historical and cultural context