PSYCO223 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Cuban Missile Crisis, Menopause, Behaviorism
21 Apr 2014
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Development: the pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues through the human life span. Traditional approach used to be: lots of change from birth to adolescence, little or no change during adulthood, and decline in old age. Upper boundary of human life span: 122 years hasn"t ever changed. Life span perspective: view of development as being lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, Multidimensional: your body, mind, emotions and relationships change and affect each other o o development has biological, cognitive and socio-emotional dimensions within each of these dimensions there are many components. Multidirectional: some dimensions can expand while others shrink ex: when one language is acquired early in development, the capacity for acquiring second/third o languages decreases later in development. Plastic: plasticity means the capacity for change. Some contemporary concerns health and well being parenting and education sociocultural contexts and diversity social policy.
