Psychology 2040 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Developmental Psychology, Major Depressive Disorder, Jean Piaget
20 Nov 2018
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Monday, september 11, 2017 developmental psychology (lifespan) introduction. Development is: life long, multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, contextual. Studying development: major developmental issues, historical background, research methods. Scienti c method and basic research design issues. How to measure change: biological processes + cognitive processes + socio-emotional processes. Developmental issue: (1) nature and nurture. Nativism (biological extremism) = biology is destiny. Empiricism = tabula rasa: (2) active and passive. Child as passive recipient: (3) continuity and discontinuity. Discontinuous = stages based on age, complete stage 1, move to next stage. Continuous = no stages - just continuous. Monday, september 11, 2017: (4) stability and change. Things stay the same: (5) early and later experience. Historical philosophical perspectives: 4th century b. c. Plato (nativist) vs. aristotle (empricist: 17th, 18th century a. d. John locke (empiricist: all children are created equal". Beginning of developmental psychology": late 1800"s, early 1900"s. Normative approach: arnold gesell, psychoanalytic approach. B. f. skinner: piaget"s cog. developmental theory.
