Intro to Human Development

Question 1

changes in human performance dependent on maturation

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development

Question 2

multidisciplinary study on how people change and remain the same over time

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human development

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quantitative/measurable changes that occur over time e.g. height, weight, etc.

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growth

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qualitative changes related to growth; physical, emotional and intellectual development

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maturation

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acquisition of a new skill/behavior related to interaction with the environment; involves repetition and practice

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learning

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ability/process to anticipate and react to a stimulus by modification

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adaptation

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biopsychosocial framework: genetics and lifestyle factors

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biological

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biopsychosocial framework: cognitive, emotional, peronality, perceptual factors

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psychological

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biopsychosocial framework: racial, cultural, societal, ethnic factors

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sociocultural

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biopsychosocial framework: differences in how the same events affect people of different ages “Timing is everything”

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life-cycle

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List Characteristics of human development (3)

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• Nature and nurture
• continuity and discontinuity
• universal and context-specific

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What is nature vs nurture?

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nature - influences of genetics or hereditary

nurture - influences of experiences and environment

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What is continuity vs. discontinuity

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smooth progression vs. series of abrupt shifts

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What is universal and context-specific?

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universal - all follow same path of development

context-specific - interactions with environment shape development

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development is largely determined by how well people resolve conflicts at different ages

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psychodynamic theory

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A personality developed by interaction of an internal maturational plan and external societal demands

Life cycle = 8 stages. Order is biologically fixed

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Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory

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development determined by learning from experiences or from observation

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learning theory

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consequences of behavior determine if behavior is repeated in the future

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B.F. Skinner - Behaviorism: operant conditioning

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people learn appropriate behaviors by imitation; self-efficacy determines what behaviors are imitated

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Bandura - Social learning theory

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focused on how people think and how thinking changes over time

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Cognitive-developmental theory

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Cognitive-developmental theory influences (3):

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• Piaget’s theory
• Information-processing theory
• Vygotsky’s Theory

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children develop cognitively through environmental interactions which leads to more sophisticated understanding and reasoning; adaptation is key.

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Piaget’s Theory

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The 4 stages of Piaget’s Theory:

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1. Sensorimotor
2. Preoperational thought
3. Concrete operational thought
4. Formal operational thought

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developmental changes reflective of mental hardware (cognitive structures that allow storage of information) and mental software (cognitive processes that allow completion of tasks)

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Information-processing theory

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emphasized sociocultural influences on thinking; children develop by learning values, customs, and cultural beliefs from adults

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Vygotsky’s Theory

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focused on the complex, multi-level environmental influences on development

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ecological and systems theory

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development within a series of interactive systems:
1. Microsystem - ?
2. Mesosystem - ?
3. Exosystem - ?
4. Macrosystem - ?

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Bronfenbrenner’s theory

1. Microsystem - immediate environment
2. Mesosystem - connections between microsystems
3. Exosystem - social settings that do not include person
4. Macrosystem - cultures and subcultures

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abilities reflect systems in which a person lives

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competence-environmental press theory

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Lifelong development theory’s 3 influences:

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• life-span perspective
• selective optimization with compensation model
• life-course perspective

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human development is multi-determined and cannot be understood within the scope of a single framework

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life-span perspective

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4 features or Life-Span Perspective:

1. ______ - involves both growth and decline
2. _____ - skills can be learned or improved with practice
3. _____ - influence of historical time and culture
4. _____ - influences of biopsychosocial framework

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1. multidirectionality
2. plasticity
3. historical context
4. multiple causation

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Three processes that generate and regulate behaviors as person ages for successful adaptation

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Selective Optimization with Compensation Model

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Selective Optimization with Compensation Model

1. _____ - from a range of opportunities or possibilities; may involve change in goals
2. _____ - goals stay the same but an alternative way to achieve the goal is needed
3. _____ - best match possible between resources and desired goals

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1. Selection
2. Compensation
3. Optimization

Question 34

considers generational experiences in relation to respective historical contexts

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Life-Course Perspective