PSYC 2235 Lecture 2: Chapter 1

• School: Mount Royal University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2235
• Professor: Cass Foursha- Stevenson

Document Summary

Contemporary development as a science: developmental psychology. Development: developmental psychology: scien5 c study of age-related changes and consistencies in behaviour, thinking, emo5on, & personality. Beliefs about di erences between ages rooted in philosophical explana5ons. Chris"an doctrine all humans born with sel sh. Jean-jacques rousseau claimed that all humans have innate goodness. John locke proposed that the mind of a child is a blank slate. Darwin studied child development (baby diaries) understand human species development. 4 stages in the development of logical thinking between birth & adolescence. Inborn characteris6cs interact with environmental factors complex ways. View norms as represen6ng only one way to measure change. Psychologists" views of adulthood have changed for the following reasons: Stage models of development now include adult phases. Periods of stability and transibon throughout the lifespan. Signi cant increases in life expectancy in the industrialized world. Includes changes in size, shape & characteris>cs of the body.