PSY 2114 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Social Learning Theory, Operant Conditioning, Embodied Cognition

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2114
• Professor: Heather Poole

Document Summary

Lifespan development introduction: understanding how and why. The science of human development seeks to understand how and why people of all ages and circumstances change or remain the same over time. Development over the lifespan is multi- directional, multi-contextual, multi-cultural, and plastic. The nature-nurture controversy: nature: traits, capacities, and limitations that each individual inherits genetically from his or her parents at the moment of conception. Differential susceptibility is the idea that people vary in how sensitive they are to particular experiences in the environment because of the particular genes that person has inherited. Some people are like dandelions (thrive anywhere) and others orchids (need ideal) The three domains: biological, cognitive, and psychosocial (mind, body, and social world), the interaction among domains (interdisciplinary approach) is essential to understanding the whole developing person. The lifespan perspective is an approach of human development that takes into account all phases of life, not just childhood or adulthood.