Intro

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lifespan development

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studies how people change and stay the same from conception to death

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physical development

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ways in which body’s make-up, brain, nervous system, muscles, senses need for food and sleep to develop

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cognitive

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how growth/change in intellectual capabilities influence behaviors

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enduring characteristics that differentiate one person from another over lifespan; stays relatively stable

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personality

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social

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person’s interactions with others and their social relations grow/change

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prenatal

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conception-birth

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infancy/toddlerhood

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birth-3

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3-6

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preschool period

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middle childhood

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6-12

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12-20

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adolescence

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young adulthood

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20-40

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40-65

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middle adulthood

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later adulthood

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65-death

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2 main processes that cause us to change

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maturation and learning

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learning

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permanent change as result of experience

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maturation

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developmental change because of aging

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development happens gradually

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continuity

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discontinuity

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development occurs in a series of breakthroughs

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multidirectional

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development is joint of growth and decline

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multi dimensional

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intricate blend of biology, psychology, social forces

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quantitative

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happens by degree

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qualitative

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fundamental change in degree

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universality vs particularity

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does everyone go through same developmental processes or does this vary across people and cultures?

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development is..

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PLASTIC

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specific time period when a particular event has its greatest consequences and presence of certain stimuli is necessary

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critical periods

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sensitive periods

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point in development when organisms are more susceptible to certain stimuli

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events strongly related to age and therefore predictable

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age graded influences

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history graded influences

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why people born in a cohort tend to be alike; affected by specific historical events

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Sigmund Freud

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psychodynamic perspective
behavior motivated by inner forces
psychosexual development

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traditional behaviorism

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John Watson and B.F. Skinner

classical and operant conditioning

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Albert Bandura

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social learning theory

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Social Learning Theory

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learning by observing the behavior of another…modeling

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assimilation

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people understand in the current state of their cognitive development

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change in existing ways of thinking on response to a new stimuli

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accomidation

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focuses on how culture is transmitted to the next generation

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Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory

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Bioecological Approach

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Urie Bronfrenbrenner

4 levels to environment

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competence environmental press theory

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there is a “best fit” between one’s abilities and demands placed on a person in their environment

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longitudinal study

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research design in which one participant of group is studied over a long period of time

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participants are tested repeatedly over weeks or days, typically observing change directly as it occurs

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microgenetic study

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cross-sectional study

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several age groups are studied at one tome… cohort effect

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first tested cross sectionally but then studied again for no longer than 6 months- one year

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cross-sequential