HDFS201 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Deductive Reasoning, Amygdala, Personal Fable
4 Apr 2016
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Development: pattern of movement/change that begins at conception and continues throughout lifespan. Aging: how you progress chronologically (years), biologically (health), psychologically (adaptive capacities), and socially (relationships and status) Goals of life-span development: knowledge about personal development, knowledge about others" development, application to the rest of your life. 7: co-construction of biology, culture and the individual. Theoretical perspectives: psychoanalytic: describe development as unconscious and heavily impacted by emotion. Behavior is surface characteristic- must study symbolic meanings and inner workings of the mind to understand development: freud"s theory: early experiences with parents extensively shape development. Critical development occurs within the irst ive years: erikson"s psychosocial theory: we develop in psychosocial stages, rather than psychosexual. The driving force for human behavior is social interaction. Development occurs throughout the lifetime: cognitive: emphasize conscious thoughts, piaget"s cognitive developmental theory: suggests children"s four stages of cognitive development.
