PSYCH 7A Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Developmental Psychology, Critical Period, Cultural-Historical Psychology

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Cognitive Sciences
• Course: PSYCH 7A
• Professor: V I L L A R R E A L

Document Summary

3 influences on our development: society, biology. 3 goals of human development: growth, maintenance, regulation of loss (minimize the loss in our life) From the graph, the gain is more than the loss. Development across the lifespan: first decline, over time, we experience senses, memories and physical declines, second time decline, Infancy: early childhood, middle/late childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood (old age, oldest-old. Major issues in developmental psychology: nature vs. nurture, stability and change, degree to which early traits and characteristics persist through life or change, continuity and discontinuity, development as gradual and continuous or qualitatively different. Continuous and discontinuous development: continuous, gradual, quantitative changes, discontinuous, relatively sudden, qualitative changes. Think of one example of gradual, continuous development and one example of abrupt, discontinuous development. Prominent theories of cognitive development: stage theory. Jean piaget: sociocultural theory, lev vygotsky, how people"s attitudes, values, and beliefs influence child development. Jean piaget (1869-1980: piaget"s theory of cognitive development.