PSYC 2013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psychoanalytic Theory, Cultural-Historical Psychology, Lev Vygotsky
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Ages and stages of development (physical, social, cognitive) Epigenetics: study of how environmental factors affect genes and genetic expression - enhancing, halting, shaping, or altering the expression of genes. Differential susceptibility: 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. Life span perspective: approach of human development that takes into account all phases of life. Development is multidirectional: patterns of change discontinuity, continuity, fast, slow, critical and sensitive periods (crucial periods of development) History and social class: cohort - people born within a few years of one another, historical - affected by values, events, technologies, cultures, ses - affected by education, occupation, neighborhood, income. Development is multicultural: culture - shared beliefs, norms, behaviors, expectations, social construction - shared perceptions, not on objective reality.
