Chapter 1 Flashcards
Developmental psychology (science of human development)
Science that studies how and why people change
Life-Span perspective
View that developmental psychology incorporates all stages of life
Domains
-Biosocial (physical)
-Cognitive (thought processes
-Psychosocial (social behavior and personality)
Life span perspective developmental characteristics
-Multidirectional
-Multicontextual
-Multicultural
-Multidisciplinary
-Plastic
Multidirectional
Development through life changes, ebbs and flows through the life span. It is never steady or consistent
Multicontextual
development comes from many contexts (physical surroundings, family,community etc)
Ecological systems approach (Urie Bronfenbrenner)
-perspective on human development that considers all the influences from various contexts.
-Microsystem
-Exosystem
-macrosystem
-chronosystem
-mesosystem
Microsystem
immediate social context that directly affect each person (family, peer group, work team)
Exosystem
Community institutions that affect the immediate contexts (churches, temples, schools, hospitals, courts)
Macrosystem
national or cultural policies that AFFECT the more immediate systems such as the effect of national economy on hospitals and schools or family
Chronosystem
Impact of historical conditions on development of people in that area
Mesosystem
Connection between one system or another such as parent-teacher conference and work place schedules
Multicultural
system of shared beliefs, conventions, norms, behaviors, expectations and symbolic representations that persist over time and prescribe social rules of conduct
Socioeconomic status SES (social class)
A persons position in society as determined by income, occupation, education, and place of residence.
Cohort
People born withing the same historical period and therefore move through life together.
difference equals deficit error
people who are unlike us (different) are inferior (deficit)
social construct
a concept created by a society such as race
ethnic group
People who’s ancestors were born in the same part of the world often sharing language, culture, and religion.
Race
-categorization based on inherited traits.
-Is no longer believed to be a valid biological concept but a social construct
Intersectionality
Various identities are combines
-SES
-Ethnicity
-Sexual orientation
-Gender Identity
-Nationality
Multidisciplinary
Multiple disciplines from all domains come together to give information
Plasticity
The concept that suggests abilities, personality, neurons, and so on are mold-able, not immutable.
Differential susceptibility
Sensitivity to any particular experience differs from one person to another because of particular genes or personal experiences
Case study
In-depth study of an individual or group
Survey
Information from a group oral or written
Naturalistic Observation
studying behavior in a normal setting
-Objective: Code Behaviors
-Unobtrusive: Subject unaware of observer
Cross-sectional Research
Compares groups who vary in age, but are the same in other aspects
Longitudinal Research
Compare the same individual over a period of time
Cross-sequential Research
Studying several groups of people of different ages (cross-sectional) and following them over the years (longitudinal)
