PSYC 3206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dependent And Independent Variables, Erik Erikson, Social Learning Theory
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Recurring issues in human development: nature and nurture, continuity and discontinuity, universal and context- specific development. The biopsychosocial framework: biological forces (genes, health, metabolism), sociocultural forces (culture, environment), and psychological forces (personality, emotions) are the life cycle (age, phase of lifespan) forces that affect your change in your development. Theory: an organized set of ideas, allows us to describe, explain, and predict development. Five general (categories of) theories of human development psychodynamic theory- development is determined by how well people resolve conflicts faced at different ages. Key theorists: sigmund freud (psychoanalytic theory: personality-(cid:373)iddle adulthood(cid:895) a(cid:374)d erik erikso(cid:374) (cid:894)erikso(cid:374)"s theory of de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t- includes. Piaget"s theory: children create theories and test them through experience. Information-processing theory: human cognition consists of mental hardware (cognitive structures) and mental software (cognitive processes) Vygotsky"s theory: e(cid:448)ery aspe(cid:272)t of a (cid:272)hild"s de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:373)ust (cid:271)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)sidered (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) the backdrop of culture ecological and systems theory- development is inseparable from the environment in which a person develops.
