PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Observer-Expectancy Effect, Informed Consent, Longitudinal Study
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Themes of development: 5 aspects of development = biological, cognitive, linguistic, emotional and social. Forces that affect developmental change: individual characteristics versus contextual and cultural. Influences interactionist viewpoint dual role of individual and contextual factors. Researching across cultures: examining child development across cultures provides information about variation in the range of human potential and expression that may emerge in different circumstances of growth. Psychodynamic theory: freud development which proceeds in discrete stages is determined largely by biologically based drives shaped by encounters with the environment and through the interaction of 3 components of personality (id, ego and superego) Theoretical perspectives on development: theories are good for organizing information and generating new hypothesis, 5 general approaches to theories of development: structural-organismic, learning, dynamic systems, contextual and ethological and evolutionary views. Cognitive social learning theory: theory stresses learning by observation and imitation mediated by cognitive processes and skills, bandura children exposed to aggressive behavior will imitate.
