PSYC 2P12 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Evolutionary Psychology, Behavioural Genetics, Attachment Theory
14 Jan 2016
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Developmentalists: researchers and practitioners whose professional interest lies in the study of the human lifespan. Lifespan development: the scientific field covering all of the human lifespan. Child development: the scientific study of development from birth through adolescence. Gerontology: the scientific study of the aging process and older adults. Adult development: s. s of the adult part in life. Normative transitions: predictable life changes that occur during development. Non-normative transitions: unpredictable or atypical life changes that occur during development. Contexts of development: fundamental markers including cohort, s. e. s, culture and gender that shape how we develop throughout the lifespan. Cohort: the age group with whom we travel through life. Baby boom cohort: the huge age group born between 1946-1964. Emerging adulthood: phase of life that begins after high school, tapers off towards late 20s and is devote to constructing adult life. Average life expectancy: a persons 50-50 chance at birth of living to a given age.
