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    This document provides an overview of the key concepts in human development studied by developmental psychologists and scientists. It discusses that human development is the systematic and adaptive process of change and stability over the lifespan in physical, cognitive, and psychosocial domains. Development is influenced by heredity, environment, nature and nurture interactions, maturation, and socioeconomic and historical context. Developmental scientists aim to describe, explain, predict, and intervene in behavior according to developmental milestones and sensitive periods. The life-span approach also views development as a lifelong, multidimensional, and multidirectional process influenced by shifting biological and cultural factors over time.

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    CHAPTER 1

    The Study of Human Development

    Human Development
    The scientific study of change and stability

    throughout the life span.


    Development is systematic: it follows an
    organized pattern
    Development is adaptive: to deal with both
    internal and external conditions
    Studied by developmental
    psychologists/scientists
    Studies have led to important applications to
    child rearing, education, health, and social
    policy

    Human Development
    Developmental psychologists aim to:
    Describe

    behavior
    Explain the source of behavior
    Predict behavioral stability
    Intervene if child is not behaving according to
    norms
    Developmental science is influenced by
    psychology, psychiatry, sociology,
    anthropology, biology, genetics, family science,
    education, history, and medicine

    What do developmental
    scientists study?
    Physical development- body, brain, sensory

    capacities, motor skills, health


    Cognitive development- learning, attention,
    memory, language, thinking, reasoning,
    creativity
    Psychosocial development- emotions,
    personality, and social relationships
    All aspects of development are of course
    interrelated

    What do developmental
    scientists study?
    In the course, we will cover physical, cognitive,

    and psychosocial development during:


    Prenatal period- conception to birth
    Infancy and toddlerhood birth to age 3
    Early childhood- ages 3 to 6
    Middle childhood- ages 6 to 11
    Adolescence ages 11 to 20
    Emerging and young adulthood 20-40
    Middle adulthood- ages 40 to 65
    Late adulthood- ages 65 and over

    Influences on Development
    Heredity- inborn traits/characteristics inherited from

    our parents
    Environment- includes the womb and learning that
    comes from experience
    Nature and nurture interactions
    Maturation- the unfolding of a natural sequence of
    physical and cognitive changes. This is more
    important in infancy and early childhood but plays
    lesser role as we grow older when environmental
    influences are more prominent
    Our family, culture, ethnic group, neighborhood,
    community, and society

    Influences on Development
    Socioeconomic status (SES)- poverty impacts

    quality of nutrition, medical care, and schooling


    availability
    Historical context- growing up during the
    Depression (normative), wartime; death of
    parents as young child (nonnormative)
    Risk factors- conditions that increase the
    likelihood of a negative developmental outcome

    Influences on Development
    Did we reach developmental milestones during

    sensitive periods?
    Times in development when a person is
    particularly open to certain kinds of
    experiences
    Case of Genie

    Life-Span Approach
    Paul B. Baltes theory covering the 7 key

    principles of developmental science:

    1. Development is lifelong
    2. Development is multidimensional
    3. Development is multidirectional
    4. Relative influences of biology and
    culture shift over the life span

    Life-Span Approach
    5. Development involves changing resource

    allocations
    6. Development shows plasticity
    7. Development is influenced by the
    historical and cultural context

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