FRHD 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Anal Stage, Dynamical System, Acculturation
6 Oct 2015
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Occurs in all stages of human life, like a fluid. It is : multi-directional not in a linear fashion (unexpected transformation, contains gains and losses, multi-contextual time period, community, family systems and socioeconomic status. There is no single unified theory of human development. Life-span perspective takes into account of all phases of life, not just childhood or adulthood: nature vs nurture genes vs environmental factors, sudden infant death. People found that babies of chinese descent died less and many thought it was genetics. Researcher beal found that they lay their babies on their back (cultural difference from everyone else) She tested hypothesis that sleep position matters by telling parents to lay their babies on their backs, and almost none died. Although this prevented many deaths, it was not the only risk (ex. Scientific method: curiosity, develop hypothesis (has to be able to be tested, test hypothesis with empirical evidence (data, draw conclusion, report the results, replication.
