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| Human Growth and Development |
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Aspects of the individual growth and change from
conception to death and with processes and influences that account for those changes.
"The division of Psychology that seeks to discover how people grow and change, across all ages, and what methods are used to make that happen." |
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| The two major topics that Dev. Psychologists study. |
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| One persons personal growth and change |
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| Quantitative vs. Qualitative |
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| The two major ways we measure change/growth |
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How much change has occurred.
"I liked many fruits, now I like 3 less than I did before." |
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What change has happened.
"I liked apples, now I do not." |
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| Development starts at conception and ends at death, so the study of development is for that same period. |
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| Development is Multi-directional |
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The Eb and Flow of change, or how completely is the change a part of someone.
"One step forward, two steps back." |
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Development is Multidisciplinary
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Many different facets of the world study and use research from the study of development.
"Both Corporate Offices and Grade Schools utilize the study of Development." |
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| Development depends on History and Context |
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| How we change is based on the condition of the world and how we view it. |
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| Development is Pliable / Plastic |
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| Change / Growth is not consistent (change happening every few days), nor is it regular (how much we change)... Except when it is. :P |
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| Development is Multidimensional |
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| People change is all kinds of ways, mentally, physically, etc.. |
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| One can go for a long time without changing and suddenly have drastic change, or it can be constant small/great changes, so we like to say that it can be fairly balanced overall, but any given time of observation might say either is more the case. |
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It was argued that it was one or the other for a long time, then questioned as to how much of either is true.
Anne Anastazi made the case that they interact together and form a whole. Like soup, the parts are still there, but once they are put together it forever a whole. |
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| Continuity vs. Discontinuity |
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| Are a set of changes gradual and consistent, or extreme and sudden? |
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Perspectives create guidelines for the viewpoint of a given researcher, and can alter the accuracy of the information gathered.
All perspectives have a role in research. |
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| Behavioral and Social-Cognitive Perspective |
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- Pavlov / Classical Conditioning
- Believes that change is learned / acquired via conditioning, or visual / social learning |
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Observes how specific human behavior is affected by genetics
Also, the parent philosophy of the Attachment theory and the Behavioral Genetics Approach |
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-Bowlsby focuses on attachment as the most basic human trait, emphasizing the biological side of our connection to others. Also acknowledges environment.
-Discontinuous, Strongly nature, Stable
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| Behavioral Genetics Approach |
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-Applies Evolutionary Theory
-Twin studies in this approach
- Asks, "How does nature and nurture combine to affect Intelligence?" |
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