HDF 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cognitive Development, Personality Development, Biopsychosocial Model

• School: URI
• Department: Human Development and Family Studies
• Course: HDF 200
• Professor: Hans Saint- Eloi Cadely

Document Summary

Hdf - lecture 1 - what is lifespan development. The process of age-related changes that begins at conception and continues throughout the lifespan. Focus on growth, change, and stability of human behavior throughout the life course. Influenced by biological, psychological, and social factors. Change in brain, muscles, nutrition, etc. over time. Process of thinking, memory, perception, problem solving skills changes over time. Interpretations from social situations and how it changes over tim. How individuals differ from one another and how they change throughout the lifespan. Together, these make up the biopsychosocial system. Growth occurs at every period in life, from conception to very old age. We need to understand the whole person because we function in an integrative manner. Behavior must be interpreted in the context of relevant settings and personal relationships. People born around a particular point of time certain generation. Development influenced by cultural and social background ethnicity, race. Development involves growth, maintenance, and regulation of loss.