PSYCH 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.1: Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood, Practical Action, Developmental Science
25 Nov 2017
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Developmental science: all changes we experience throughout the lifespan. Goal: describe and identify factors that influence the consistencies and changes in young people during the first two decades of life. Social pressures to improve lives of children. Education what and how to teach children. Social service treatment of anxiety and behavior problems personality and social development. Domains combine in an integrated holistic fashion and each influences each other. Physical: changes in body size, proportions, appearance, functioning of body systems, perceptual and motor capacities and physical health. Cognitive: changes in intellectual abilities, including attention, memory, academic and everyday knowledge, problem solving, imagination, creativity, and language. Emotional and social: changes in emotional communication, self understanding, knowledge of other people, interpersonal skills, friendships, intimate relationships, and moral reasoning and behavior. Periods of development: prenatal period: conception to birth. Most rapid time of change: infancy and toddlerhood: birth - 2 yrs.
