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PSYC 2006: Childhood

Development

INSTRUCTOR: Stephanie Rees ROOM: Monday to Thursday 6-9pm

OVERVIEW OF COURSE

• from birth to adolescence
• development: biological, social, perceptual, and cognitive theories
• GRADING:
  • 2 tests at 15% each (30%)
  • best 2 out of 3 assignments at 20% each (40%)
  • Final exam worth 30%

LECTURE OVERVIEW

• Definitions of development
• Areas of study
• Recurring issues
• The Biopsychosocial Framework
• Developmental Theories
• Developmental Research Strategies

What do we mean by

“DEVELOPMENT”?

• Changes over the life span:
  • Conception & Prenatal Development
  • Birth
  • Infancy
  • Childhood
  • Adolescence
  • Adulthood
  • Aging
  • Death

infancy childhood

adolescence

adulthood

aging

D^ C

AREAS OF STUDY

• Biological issues
• Social issues
• Cognitive issues
• Perceptual issues
• Stage Theories of Development

What can we look at with these areas of study?

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

• Biological issues: how brain areas change
• Social issues: communicating with others
• Cognitive issues: learning to assign meaning
• Perceptual issues: auditory system
• Stage Theories of Development: from sounds to words to sentences…..

NATURE vs. NUTURE

• Genetics and/or Environment
• Which is more important?
• Can we separate the effects of these two?
• How much influence does each have?
  • Intelligence?
  • Social Behavior?
  • Employment?

CONTINUITY vs. DISCONTINUITY

• Continuity: traits that are stable over time
• Discontinuity: traits that change over time and with experience
• smooth progression vs. abrupt shifts
• Is it the same for all traits and for all individuals?

THE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL

FRAMEWORK

BIOLOGICAL FORCES

PSYCHOLOGICAL FORCES

SOCIOLOGICAL FORCES

LIFE-CYCLE

FORCES

PSYCHOLOGICAL FORCES

• Characteristics of personality
• Internal cognitive, emotional, personality, perceptual, and related factors that influence behavior
• focus of this course

SOCIOCULTURAL FORCES

• How people and environments interact and relate
• Individuals and institutions: form culture
  • Ex. family, cohort, country, etc.
• Can change with times (history)
  • Societal values change over generations
  • Inventions, language, etc.

DEVELOPMENTAL

THEORIES

THEORIES

• Psychodynamic Theory
• Learning Theory
• Cognitive-Developmental Theory
• Ecological and Systems Approach
• Life-Span Perspective, Selective Optimization, and Life Course Perspective