SDS150R Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Aleatoricism, Developmental Psychology

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Social Development Studies
• Course: SDS150R
• Professor: Jon Boyd

Document Summary

Influenced by developmental psychology: study of age-related changes in our bodies, behaviour, thinking, emotions, social relationships, and personalities. Interdisciplinary: goal to further knowledge about , development changes over entire lifespan, knowledge of general principles of development, differences and similarities in development across individuals. Domains of development: biological-physical, size, shape, characteristics of body, social, changes in relationships, between ourselves and others, psychological-cognitive, thinking, memory, problem-solving. Assumptions of lifespan development: ongoing throughout the lifespan, follows diverse pathway, occurs simultaneously across multiple domains, result of person-environment interaction. Assumption 1: development has the potential to be ongoing throughout the life course, debunks original belief that early development remained stable, rather - growth and change may continue into later years of life. Assumption 2: development does not follow a single pathway, variation between individuals, groups and generations, e. g. , canadian households over the past 10-15 years.