PSY2114- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 153 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2114
• Professor: Brenda Baird

Document Summary

The study of human development: human development: multidisciplinary scientific study of how people change and how they stay the same. Identify the fundamental issues of development scholars addressed throughout history. Discuss the basic forces in the biopsychosocial framework and the effect of the timing of these forces on their impact. Consider how neuroscience enhances our understanding of human development. Recurring issues in human development: nature nurture issue: issue concerning the manner in which genetic and environmental factors influence development. Why are you who you are: continuity discontinuity issue: issue concerned with whether a developmental phenomenon follows either a smooth progression throughout the life span or a series of abrupt shifts. Do you think differently from when you were 10, or do you simply know more: universal versus context- specific development issue: issue of whether there is one path of development or several. Basic forces in human development: the biopsychosocial framework: four interacting forces are believed to guide our development.