The scientific study of behaviour and cognitive processes.

directly observable, such as talking, running, scratching or blinking

those which go on internally such as thinking or imagining

GOALS OF PSYCHOLOGY

The discipline that seeks to identify and explain the changes that individuals undergo from....

Developmental Psychology (Infancy to Adulthood) changes include

changes in height, weight, motor abilities, brain development and health-related issue

The way in which emotions change or remain stable across the lifespan

The continuous acquisition of attitudes, feelings and behaviours that enable individuals to relate to one another and function appropriately within their society across their life course

The mental abilities which have to do with knowing and thinking – e.g. decision-making, language development.

The extent to which an individual’s essence, characteristic thought and behaviour change over the lifespan

Conception to birth

First 2 years

2 years to teens

2 years to 3 years

3 years to 6 years

6 years to 12 years

12 years to 20 years

20 years to 40 years

40 years to 65 years

65 years +

65 years to 70 years

70 years to 85 years

85 years +

A study of a person or the same group of people over an extended period of time.

A study of different groups of people who differ in the variable of interest, but share other characteristics such as age, socioeconomic status, educational background and ethnicity. It differs from a longitudinal study as they are designed to look at a variable at a particular point in time.

that include all genetic and health-related factors that affect development

that include all internal perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and personality factors that affect development

that include interpersonal, societal, cultural, and ethnic factors that affect development

that reflect differences in how the same event affects people of different ages

Pre-natal development, brain maturation, puberty, and menopause may occur to you as outcomes of

All of these people and institutions fit together to form a person’s culture: the _______________ associated with a group of people

reflects the influences of biological, psychological, and sociocultural forces at different points in the life span.

Evolution, individual gene, brain structure and chemistry

Stress, trauma, learned helplessness, mood related perceptions and memories

Roles, Expectations, definition of normality and disorder

4 interactive forces

“When you get real old, honey,” said _______ “you lay it all on the table

Real People 2 person

A second African American woman to become a licence dentist in New York

A first African American to teach domestic science on the high school level in New York City public school

3 issues on Development

The degree to which human behavior is determined by genetics/biology (nature) or learned through interacting with the environment (nurture)

suggests all behavior is determined by hereditary factors: Inherited characteristics, or genetic make-up we are born with.

children’s thought processes change at predetermined age-related stages changes in age are related to changes in behavior.

proposes all human behavior is the result of interactions with the environment.

are nurture theories: - Behavior is shaped by interactions with the environment.

Behavior is often a result of the interaction between

individual's characteristics may elicit particular responses in other people

Physiological -Individual Differences -Developmental

- Social (e.g. Helping Behavior) -Behavioral

are two competing theories in developmental psychology that attempt to explain how people change through the course of their lives,

says that someone changes throughout their life along a smooth course

contends that people change abruptly.

Change in Quantitative and continues respect

Change in Qualitative

are theories that divide child development into distinct stages which are characterized by qualitative differences in behaviour.

deals with the issue of whether or not personality traits present during infancy endure throughout the lifespan.

argue that personalities are modified by interactions with family, experiences at school, and acculturation.

was one of the first psychologist to emphasize the critical nature of our early experiences for our later development. He believed that how we resolve our sexual and aggressive urges is strongly tied to the nature of our personality as adults.

believe that personality traits developed in the first 5 years predict adult personality.

We are the way we are because it's in our

We turn out the way we do because of our

whose pioneers assert that the nine months of gestation constitute the most consequential period of our lives, permanently influencing the wiring of the brain and the functioning of organs such as the heart, liver and pancreas.

whose pioneers assert that the nine months of gestation constitute the most consequential period of our lives, permanently influencing the wiring of the brain and the functioning of organs such as the heart, liver and pancreas.