PSYC 304- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 54 pages long!)
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Studying all kinds of people from every walk of life (diversity) examining how similar and unique we all are. Multidirectional: human development can happen in many different ways (growth and decline, linear growth, growth in stages) Multi(cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:454)tual: (cid:449)e g(cid:396)o(cid:449) up i(cid:374) diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)t (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:454)t" that affe(cid:272)t ou(cid:396) de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t; fa(cid:373)il(cid:455), s(cid:272)hools, environment, history. Multicultural: seek to find trends in different races. Evolutionary: by helping each other, we are more likely to survive and reproduce. Psychoanalytical: unconscious sensual motivation prompts our willingness to help others. Cognitive: we are more likely to help those we perceive as similar to ourselves and whom we believe. Sociocultural: the willingness of people to help varies greatly across the world societies. Behaviorism: children who have been rewarded for helpful behavior are more likely to be helpful in future occasions. The importance of context and interactions: bronfenner and the ecological systems approach. Some influences are close up and direct (proximal)
