HUMANDEV 270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Distributed Artificial Intelligence, Schizophrenia
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Overview of topics, terms, and theoretical approaches that will be used throughout text. Factors that shape environment: nature, nurture, existing conditions, activity. Infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, early & late adolescence. Context, nature vs. nurture, universality & diversity, qualitative vs. quantitative change. Biological theories - focus onn genetics and physiology, mauration is the major process. Behaviorism & social learning - environment shapes growth (skinner behaviorism), children"s indirect experiences with the environment shape growth (bandura, social learning) Psychodynamic theories - focus on internal processes that guide development (freud, Cognitive-developmental theories - focus on qualitative changes (stage theories) in how children structure and organize thought (piaget, kolhberg) Cognitive process theories - examines basic thinking processes particularly learning and processing (information processing) Sociocultural theories - emphasize the role of culture and experience in supporting children"s development (vygotsky) Developmental systems theories - explores interaction between individual and multiple contexts in shaping development (bronfenbrenner) Taking theory and wondering what questions you should ask.