Developmental psychology is the chapter of mental processes and learning of how people nurture and change over the course of a lifetime. “The changes started with newborns and children‚ it prolonged to include teenage years‚ adult development‚ ageing‚ and the entire life expectation.” (Bennett‚ 2010) The theories of human development research examines change through a wide-ranging variety of issues including motor skills and other psychophysiological processes; cognitive development involving areas
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Describe & Evaluate any two theories in developmental psychology Piaget’s (18961980) theory of moral development was based on his cognitive developmental theory. Piaget stated that children’s moral reasoning developed through a number of different stages similar to that of cognitive development. (Eysenck‚ M 2002) Piaget played games of marbles with children of different ages. He wanted to observe their understanding of the rules of that game and how important they thought it was to obey the rules
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PSY 203 – DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY Assignment (14th September) OBJECTIVES: through this assignment student will… • Gain knowledge and understanding about a topic of interest in developmental psychology • Become a critical consumer of information • Expand his/her experience using the university library • Summarize and synthesize information in written form • Develop psychology referencing style (APA) PROCESS 1. Select a topic from the list provided
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BRONFENBRENNER’S ECOLOGICAL THEYORY OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Urie Bronfenbrenner was a psychologist who was born in 1917‚ and he was regarded as one of the world’s leading scholars in the field of developmental psychology. His ecological systems theory holds that development reflects the influence of several environmental systems‚ and it identifies five environmental systems with which an individual interacts. He analyzed four types of systems that aid in human development‚ they include the microsystem
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TEST 3 STUDY GUIDE CHAPTER 8 STUDY GUIDE (Define/describe all terms) 1. Developmental psychology - know how to apply the definition 2. Assimilation 3. Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development (including stages – see chart on pg. 251). Pay special attention to object permanence and the stage it occurs in. 4. Personal fable 5. Naïve idealism 6. Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development (including levels – see chart on pg. 254) Know how to apply this theory to real-life situations! 7. Erikson’s
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Developmental Issues and Methods – PSYC2061 Week One – Lecture One - Aims o To introduce the major questions/themes that interest developmental psychologists o To illustrate common research designs that are used to answer questions about development o What is developmental psychology? o Developmental psychologists seek to describe (what‚ when: rapid change in skills‚ how) and explain (why: that development and mechanism has occurred) the changes that occur across the life span. o Apply
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Development: The changes in physical‚ cognitive‚ and social abilities that occur throughout the lifespan Important Issues: Nature vs. Nurture ‚ Stability vs. Change‚ Continuity vs. Stage Research Methods: 1.Longitudinal Method: Study one group of people over long period of time 2.Cross-Sectional Method: Study different age groups at the same time Prenatal Development Three Stages: 1.Germinal Stage: Zygote -Conception to 2 weeks 2.Embryonic Stage -2 weeks to 2 months 3.Fetal Stage
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respects. Similarly‚ we see glimpses of the adults the adolescents will come‚ but more often we observe that they don’t behave like adults. As adolescents mature‚ we see fewer resemblances to children and more similarities to adults. Adolescents’ psychology is the study of physical‚ cognitive‚ personality‚ and social development in individuals beginning at puberty (the attainment of the capacity to reproduce) and continuing until the assumption of adult responsibilities in society. Typically‚ these
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Developmental Psychology Notes Examines how people are continually developing- physically‚ cognitively‚ and socially – from infancy through old age. Nature and Nurture: how do genetic inheritance and experience influence our development? Should always be in the back of your head during this unit. Are you who you are because of the way you were born or because of the way you were raised? Continuity and stages: is development a gradual‚ continuous process like riding an escalator‚ or does it proceed
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Developmental Psychology 3 major issues: 1. Nature v Nurture (genes v environment) 2. Continuity v Stages (gradual‚ continuous process v sequence of separate stages) 3. Stability v Change ( do personality trais persist throughout life v or change as we age Early development Conception (sperm penetrates the egg) Girls are born with all the immature eggs Only 1 in 5‚000 will mature and be released Boys start producing sperm cells at puberty Prenatal development Zygotes (fertilized
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