PSY BEH 101D Lecture 2: Lifespan Chapter 1 (part 2)
13 Jul 2018
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Lifespan CHAPTER 1
❏3 domains
❏Development is often divided into three domains—biological, cognitive,
and
psychosocial
❏Biological
❏Includes all the growth and change that occurs in a person’s body
❏Other factors: genetics, nutritional, and health factors
❏Motor skills
❏Cognitive
❏Includes all the mental processes that a person uses to obtain
knowledge or to think about the environment
❏Includes: perception, imagination, judgment, memory, and
language
❏Processes people use to think, decide, and learn
❏Education is included in this domain
❏Psychosocial
❏Includes development of emotions, temperament, and social skills
❏Includes: family, friends, the community, culture, larger society
❏
interaction between and among domain (an interdisciplinary approach
) is
essential to understanding the whole developing person
❏embodied cognition,
the idea that people’s thinking and social relationships are
affected by their bodies
❏Ex: walking in a happy, open way makes a person feel happier, and
standing arms akimbo makes a person feel confident and makes other
people perceive that person as competent
❏babies start speaking when the brain, mouth, and vocal cords mature
(biological
), which allows them to express connections between objects,
events, and words (cognitive
), which depends on people talking to them
(psychosocial
)
❏Dandelions and orchids
❏Some people are like dandelions
—hardy, growing and thriving in good
soil or bad, with or without ample sun and rain
❏Other people are like orchids
—quite wonderful, but only when ideal
growing conditions are met
Document Summary
Development is often divided into three domains biological, cognitive, and. Includes all the growth and change that occurs in a person"s body. Other factors: genetics, nutritional, and health factors. Includes all the mental processes that a person uses to obtain knowledge or to think about the environment. Includes: perception, imagination, judgment, memory, and language. Processes people use to think, decide, and learn. Includes development of emotions, temperament, and social skills. Includes: family, friends, the community, culture, larger society. Interaction between and among domain (an interdisciplinary approach ) is. Embodied cognition, the idea that people"s thinking and social relationships are essential to understanding the whole developing person affected by their bodies. Ex: walking in a happy, open way makes a person feel happier, and. Some people are like dandelions hardy, growing and thriving in good.
