LESSON 2 Flashcards
Developmental psychologists are
usually concerned with the changes
in behavior over the life span. They
usually concentrate on how an
individual reacts to changes in an
ever-changing environment.
THE BEGINNING
OF LIFE
THREE MAJOR
PATHS OF
DEVELOPMENT
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
changes in bodily appearance and
structure with changes in bodily
activities like motor skills
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
changes in social and emotional
aspects of personality
PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
changes in thought processes that
could affect
language,
abilities, and memory
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
TWO KINDS OF
CHANGES
QUALITATIVE CHANGES
QUANTITATIVE CHANGES
progressive series of change
leading to improvement
QUALITATIVE CHANGES
measurable changes in an
individual
QUANTITATIVE CHANGES
2 FACTORS OF
DEVELOPMENT
NATURE
NURTURE
inherited traits
heredity provides all the raw
materials and hidden potentials
of an individual
NATURE
individual experiences
environment is responsible for
shaping the raw material
NURTURE
Adopt an extreme hereditary
position
NATIVIST
Adopts an extreme nurture position
EMPIRICISTS
Their basic assumption is that the
characteristics of humans are a
product of evolution and that
individual differences are because of
one’s unique genetic code
NATIVIST
Basic assumption: at birth, the
human mind is a tabula rasa and
that our experiences contribute to
our development
Operational Conditioning by B.F.
Skinner
Social Learning Theory by Albert
Bandura
EMPIRICISTS
gradual unfolding of hereditary traits and potentials. It is the
process which the individual has to pass through before he
reaches the state of maturity.
MATURATION
FUNCTIONS OF
MATURATION
PHYLOGENETIC FUNCTIONS
ONTOGENETIC FUNCTIONS
development occurs through
maturation
PHYLOGENETIC FUNCTIONS
traits learned through learning
ONTOGENETIC FUNCTIONS
OUR HUMAN
BODY
Billions of body or somatic cells has
nucleus which
contains __ chromosomes or__ pairs of chromosomes
46, 23
are thread-like or
role-like bodies that contain the
genes, they are usually found in
pairs. If not, chromosomal
abnormalities may occur
Chromosomes
autosomes
22 pairs
gonosomes
(1 pair)
are the bearer of
hereditary traits
Genes