Developmental Psych Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood * Changes in Body Proportions * Cephalocaudal trend: “head to tail” – during prenatal period‚ the head develops more rapidly than the lower part of the body. * Proximodistal trend: growth proceeds‚ literally‚ from “near to far” – from the center of the body outward. In the prenatal period‚ the head‚ chest‚ and trunk grow first‚ then the arms and legs‚ and finally the hands and feet. * Brain Development
Premium Brain
2004 What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for? JOHN GERRING Boston University T his paper aims to clarify the meaning‚ and explain the utility‚ of the case study method‚ a method often practiced but little understood. A “case study‚” I argue‚ is best defined as an intensive study of a single unit with an aim to generalize across a larger set of units. Case studies rely on the same sort of covariational evidence utilized in non-case study research. Thus‚ the case study method is correctly
Premium Causality Case study Scientific method
BIO-PSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS INTRODUCTION The medical model has been the predominant approach used by physicians in diagnosing and management of diseases and illness in most Western countries. The biomedical model of illness and healing focuses on purely biological factors‚ and excludes psychological‚ environmental‚ and social influences. According to this model‚ good health is the freedom from pain‚ disease‚ or defect. It focuses on physical processes that affect health‚ such
Premium Psychology Psychiatry Medicine
ERIKSON’S EIGHT DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES Erik Erikson’s Eight Developmental Stages Abstract Development theories are psychological stages of life. Erik Erikson is best known for his stages of psychosocial development and coining the term ‘identity crisis’. Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development is one of the best known theories of personality. Though similar to Freud‚ Erikson believed that personality develops in a series of 8 stages. Unlike Freud’s theory of psychosocial stages‚ Erikson’s
Free Erikson's stages of psychosocial development Developmental psychology Erik Erikson
APRIL’S PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT Referral April was not a referral client; rather she did her own research after feeling unsupported by her previous therapist. She found this practice on the Pratt Institute listserv as she was looking for a psychologist close to school. According to April‚ she received a diagnosis of stage three Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma five weeks ago and had not told anyone close to her. She wanted to talk to someone “objective” to figure out what steps to take next. Client
Premium Cancer Denial Oncology
Some psychologists at the time disliked psychodynamic and behaviorist explanations of personality. They felt that these theories ignored the qualities that make humans unique among animals‚ such as striving for self-determination and self-realization. In the 1950s‚ some of these psychologists began a school of psychology called humanism. Humanistic psychologists try to see people’s lives as those people would see them. They tend to have an optimistic perspective on human nature. They focus
Premium Psychology Maslow's hierarchy of needs Humanistic psychology
dynamic working environment. There may be some built – in biases in the minds of the rater ‚ based upon his own perception of things‚ people and performances. A person maybe rated higher because he is a “nice” person or because of his seniority. The study limits its scope within the Butuan Branch ULDI and focuses on the ongoing system employed by the real state firm. Introduction One of the essential and crucial HumanResources Management functions is the performance evaluation. Other than hiring
Premium Human resource management Performance appraisal
Case Study Case study methods involve Systematically gathering enough information about a particular person‚ social setting‚ event‚ or group to permit the researcher to effectively understand how it operates or functions. Case studies may focus on an individual‚ a group‚ or an entire community and may utilize a number of data technologies such as life stories‚ documents‚ oral histories‚ in-depth interviews‚ and participant observation. Types of case studies Stake (1995) suggests that researchers
Free Scientific method
2nd page DIFFERENT PSYCHOSOCIAL MODELS THE PSYCHOANALYTIC MODEL This model is based on the pioneering works of Sigmund Freud. The major principles are based on the clinical study of patients undergoing psychoanalysis‚ a method which the patient is asked to provide an unrestricted account of whatever comes to mind leaving nothing out. 1. Id‚ ego‚ and superego. Fundamental to this model is the concept that behavior results from the interaction of three key subsystems
Premium Psychology Sigmund Freud
differing worldviews is essential to learning developmental psychology. As each human is inherently unique‚ understanding how their worldview affects their behavior is critical. Additionally‚ it is important to understand what molds their worldview. Throughout the study of developmental psychology‚ numerous different theories have been produced on the reasoning of why people change when they grow older. Indubitably‚ worldview and
Premium Psychology Developmental psychology Behaviorism