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This study guide covers chapters 1 to 6 of PSY 232, including topics such as developmental psychology, research methods, and theories of human development. It helps students prepare for their first exam by reviewing key concepts and providing examples.
What's inside
- Definition of developmental psychology
- Continuity vs. discontinuity, stability vs. change, nature vs. nurture
- Developmental influences and data-collection techniques
- Time-variable designs in research
- Informed consent in research
- Ecological systems model and developmental theories
Who it is for: Students taking PSY 232. (Undergraduate)
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Summary
Human development is a field of psychology. It examines how people develop physically, cognitively, and psychosocially. Students learn about different ways to study development, and the theories that explain it.
The Study of Development
Developmental psychology studies how humans change from birth to adulthood. It looks at physical, cognitive, and psychosocial changes. These changes happen in stages, and can be gradual or abrupt.
Theories of Development
Theories explain how development happens. Mechanistic models see humans as reacting to stimuli. Organismic models see humans as active, growing organisms. Theories also debate whether development is continuous or discontinuous.
Physical Development
Physical development involves changes in the body and motor skills. It includes processes like mitosis and cell differentiation. Infants develop skills like head control, hand control, and locomotion.
Language Development
Language development involves learning to speak and understand language. It includes concepts like code mixing, code switching, and child-directed speech. Dialogic reading is a way to encourage language development.
Key terms
- Continuity
- The idea that development happens gradually and in specific stages.
- Nature vs. nurture
- The debate about whether development is more influenced by biology or environment.
- Mitosis
- The process by which non-sex cells divide and replicate DNA.
- Mechanistic model
- The idea that humans react to stimuli like machines.
- Organismic model
- The idea that humans actively grow and change.
- Code mixing
- Using elements of two languages by young children in bilingual households.
Questions this document helps with
- What are the main stages of human development?
- How do mechanistic and organismic models differ?
- What is the process of mitosis in cell division?
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