PSY 2114 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Baby Boomers, Heredity, School Hygiene

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2114
• Professor: Gustavo Gottret

Document Summary

The pattern of change that begins at conception and continues through the life cycle. Learning about this allows us to gain insight about who we are, how we came to be this way, and where our future will take us. Begins from the point of conception to the point when life ends. The life span approach emphasizes developmental change throughout adulthood as well as childhood. The view that development is lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, contextual, and multidisciplinary. Is a process that involves growth, maintenance, and regulation. Development is constructed through biological, sociocultural, and individual factors working together: development is lifelong. The lifespan perspective says that early adulthood is not the endpoint of development. No age period dominates development: development is multidimensional. Development consists of biological, cognitive, and socio-emotional processes. There are various components within a process that play a role: development is multidirectional. Throughout life, some dimensions or components of a dimension expand and others shrink.