PSYC 2450 Midterm: PSYC 2450 CH Notes (Pre midterm 1).docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2450
• Professor: Erin Allard

Document Summary

Development systematic continuities and changes in the individual that occur between conception and death. Systematic changes = orderly, patterned, and relatively enduring: excludes changes in appearances, thoughts, and behaviours. Continuities ways in which we remain the same or continue to reflect our past. Developmental psychology branch devoted to identifying and explaining the continuities and changes that individuals display over time. Developmentalist any scholar who seeks to understand the developmental process. Developmental sciences describe (how), explain (why), and optimize development (future) Ideographic development individual variations in patterns of change first 12 yrs are an extremely important part of the life span that sets the stage for adolescence and adulthood determines who we are as adolescents and adults. Human development = continual and cumulative process only constant = change. Holistic perspective interrelationships among physical, mental, social, and emotional aspects of human development. Plasticity capacity for change in response to positive or negative life experiences.