[EDUC 40] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 58 pages long Study Guide!
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Changes occurring throughout the lifespan that are. Maturation = genetically programmed aspects of development. Infancy and toddlerhood: birth to 2 years. Target towards post high school students or college students. Considered an adult but not really 100% independent. Definition = orderly set of ideas which describe, explain, and predict behavior. To give meaning to what we observe. As a basis for action --finding ways to improve the lives and education of children. Much of contemporary developmental psychology is the science of the strange behavior of children in strange situations with strange adults for the briefest period of time. Center = the child (sex, gender, age, health) Microsystem = family, school, health services, neighborhood play area, relgious group, school. Conferences, parenting classes, reading to child at home every night. Picture 1: career day for a third grade classroom. Illustrations of careers that third graders are familiar with. A lot of pictures and word correspondence posters.
