PSYC 2013 Lecture 3: PSYC 2013 Lecture 4 : PSYC 2013
Document Summary
Ages and stages of development (physical, social, cognitive) Stage theory, limitation of thinking in stages. Get behaviors from social situations, context different in different cultures. Study of how environmental factors affect genes and genetic expression - enhancing, halting, shaping, or altering the expression of genes. People vary in how sensitive they are to particular experiences, often these differences are genetics. Example: same teacher could be loved and hated by different students. Interact with one another, begins even as a fetus. Male vs female in sex differences, academic ability. Approach of human development that takes into account all phases of life. Patterns of change discontinuity, continuity, fast, slow. Critical and sensitive periods (crucial periods of development) Perspective on human development that considers the influences from the various contexts of development. Exosystems - educational, medical, employment, communication systems. Macrosystems - cultural patterns, political philosophies, economic policies, social conditions. Cohort - people born within a few years of one another.
