HD FS 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Erik Erikson, Genital Stage, Phallic Stage
13 Sep 2016
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Infancy (birth to age 2: prenatal period (conception to birth) Why study development: developmentalist have four related goals: A. 1. to describe what people are like at different ages and how they change as a result of age. To predict what an individual will be like a t a later point in development. To intervene or use knowledge to enhance the quality of individual. Guiding principles of development lives: development of results from constant interplay = biology and environment, multilayered context, dynamic, reciprocal process. C. 1. ex. ) dialogue, back-forth conversation: cumulative: continue to build on things from before, throughout life-span. Definition of theory: a theory is an interrelated coherent set of ideas that helps to explain to make predictions. : someone lying down telling someone their problems. Psychoanalytical theories **: freud"s - psychosexual theory. A. 4. early experiences are important sexula ages and stages personality structure. A. 4. a) id: pleasure principle, whatever is going to make someone happy (a. 4. a. 1) ex) conscious.
