Human Development Flashcards
human development
scientific study of patterns of growth, change and stability that occur over the lifespan of an individual
developed countries
- most economically developed and affluent countries
- highest median levels on income and education
- generally individualistic; value autonomy, independence, and self expression
developing countries
- lower levels of income and education
- experience rapid economic growth
- responsible for 80% world population
- generally collectivist; value obedience, and conformity to authority
4 main influence on human development
- history graded influences
- age-graded influences
- non-normative life events
- socio-cultural influences
history graded influences
periods of time that affect whole generations e.g. COVID, Great Depression
age-graded influences
things that happen to most people around the same time e.g. puberty, starting school
non-normative life events
things that aren’t a typical part of growing up e.g. early parental death, Christchurch earthquakes, car crash, any sort of trauma
socio-cultural influences
particular social and cultural contexts people live in e.g. Gloriavale, Māori culture
learning
leads to cognitive growth
involves a long-term change in mental representations of associations as a result of experience
study of human development is a …
scientific discipline
steps of the scientific method (5)
- identify a research question
- propose a hypothesis
- choose a research method/design
- collect data
- draw conclusions
quantitative vs. qualitative
quantitative
- numerical data, objective, ‘what?’
qualitative
- typically not numerical, ‘why?’
experimental research method
- designed to discover causal relationships
- treatment group and control group
- independent and dependent variables
- reliable and valid
