The Study of Human Develpoment
Developmental Psychology study sheet for Ch.1 – 6.
Chapter 1
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT- Scientific study of processes of change and stability throughout the human life span… (Conception – Death)
LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT – Concept of human development as a lifelong process, which can be studied scientifically.
What do developmental scientists study? … Developmentalists study process of change and stability in all domains, or aspects, of developmental throughout all periods of the life span.
There are THREE DOMAINS of DEVELOPMENT
• PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT – Growth of body and brain, including patterns of change in sensory capacities, motor skills, and health.
• COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT – Pattern of change in mental abilities, such as learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning and creativity.
• PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT – Pattern of change in emotions personality, and social relationships.
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION – A concept or practice that may appear natural and obvious to those who accept it, but that in reality is an invention of a particular culture or society.
The dividing of a lifetime into 8 periods of development is a social construction, which appears natural, but provides a meaningful definition for a particular society or culture.
EIGHT PERIODS of HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
1. Prenatal Period (Conception to Birth)
2. Infancy and Toddlerhood (Birth to age 3)
3. Early Childhood (Ages 3 - 6)
4. Middle Childhood (Ages 6 - 11)
5. Adolescence (Ages 11 – 20)
6. EMERGING and Young AH (Ages 20 – 40)
7. Middle AH (Ages 40 – 65)
8. Late Adulthood (Ages 65 and Over) Human maturation involves a dynamic mix of heredity, individual differences and environmental factors.
Human development occurs within social and historical contexts e.g., family, extended family, socio-economic status, neighborhood, ethnic group, race and the prevailing culture.
ETHNIC GLOSS – Over generalization about an ethnic or cultural group that obscures differences
Chapter 1
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT- Scientific study of processes of change and stability throughout the human life span… (Conception – Death)
LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT – Concept of human development as a lifelong process, which can be studied scientifically.
What do developmental scientists study? … Developmentalists study process of change and stability in all domains, or aspects, of developmental throughout all periods of the life span.
There are THREE DOMAINS of DEVELOPMENT
• PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT – Growth of body and brain, including patterns of change in sensory capacities, motor skills, and health.
• COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT – Pattern of change in mental abilities, such as learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning and creativity.
• PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT – Pattern of change in emotions personality, and social relationships.
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION – A concept or practice that may appear natural and obvious to those who accept it, but that in reality is an invention of a particular culture or society.
The dividing of a lifetime into 8 periods of development is a social construction, which appears natural, but provides a meaningful definition for a particular society or culture.
EIGHT PERIODS of HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
1. Prenatal Period (Conception to Birth)
2. Infancy and Toddlerhood (Birth to age 3)
3. Early Childhood (Ages 3 - 6)
4. Middle Childhood (Ages 6 - 11)
5. Adolescence (Ages 11 – 20)
6. EMERGING and Young AH (Ages 20 – 40)
7. Middle AH (Ages 40 – 65)
8. Late Adulthood (Ages 65 and Over) Human maturation involves a dynamic mix of heredity, individual differences and environmental factors.
Human development occurs within social and historical contexts e.g., family, extended family, socio-economic status, neighborhood, ethnic group, race and the prevailing culture.
ETHNIC GLOSS – Over generalization about an ethnic or cultural group that obscures differences