Psychology 2040 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Developmental Psychology, Major Depressive Disorder, Jean Piaget
12 Oct 2018
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Psychology 2040
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Monday, September 11, 2017
developmental psychology (lifespan)
introduction !
-development is;!
•life long!
•multidimensional!
•multidirectional!
•plastic!
•contextual !
-studying development!
•major developmental issues!
•historical background !
•research methods !
-scientific method and basic research design issues!
-major methods of data collection !
-how to measure change !
•biological processes + cognitive processes + socio-emotional processes !
-developmental issue!
•(1) nature and nurture !
-nativism (biological extremism) = biology is destiny !
-empiricism = tabula rasa !
•(2) active and passive !
-child as active contributor !
-child as passive recipient !
•(3) continuity and discontinuity !
-discontinuous = stages based on age, complete stage 1, move to next stage !
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-continuous = no stages - just continuous !
•(4) stability and change !
-things change !
-things stay the same !
•(5) early and later experience !
-early experiences can be critical!
-malleability continues throughout life !
-historical philosophical perspectives !
•4th century B.C. !
-plato (nativist) vs. Aristotle (empricist) !
•17th, 18th century A.D.!
-John Locke (empiricist)!
•‘all children are created equal’!
-Jean-Jacques Rosseau (nativist)!
•‘noble savages’ !
-1877!
•Charles Darwin’s ‘Baby Biography’!
-Beginning of ‘Developmental Psychology’!
•late 1800’s, early 1900’s!
-university-supported research programs!
-journals!
•G. Stanley Hall!
-first psychology lab in the U.S !
-normative approach !
•Arnold Gesell !
•Psychoanalytic approach !
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Document Summary
Monday, september 11, 2017 developmental psychology (lifespan) introduction. Development is: life long, multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, contextual. Studying development: major developmental issues, historical background, research methods. Scienti c method and basic research design issues. How to measure change: biological processes + cognitive processes + socio-emotional processes. Developmental issue: (1) nature and nurture. Nativism (biological extremism) = biology is destiny. Empiricism = tabula rasa: (2) active and passive. Child as passive recipient: (3) continuity and discontinuity. Discontinuous = stages based on age, complete stage 1, move to next stage. Continuous = no stages - just continuous. Monday, september 11, 2017: (4) stability and change. Things stay the same: (5) early and later experience. Historical philosophical perspectives: 4th century b. c. Plato (nativist) vs. aristotle (empricist: 17th, 18th century a. d. John locke (empiricist: all children are created equal". Beginning of developmental psychology": late 1800"s, early 1900"s. Normative approach: arnold gesell, psychoanalytic approach. B. f. skinner: piaget"s cog. developmental theory.
