PSY BEH 101D Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Social Cognitive Theory, Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood, Psychosexual Development
28 Oct 2016
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Development: the pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues through the human life span. Discover who we are, how we came to be, and where our future will take us. Emphasizes developmental change throughout adulthood as well as childhood. (baltes) development is: lifelong, multidimensional: biological, cognitive, and socioemotional dimensions, multidirectional: dimensions can grow or shrink, plasticity: capacity for change. Less capacity with age: multidisciplinary, contextual: occurs within a setting (families, neighborhoods, schools, peer groups, etc). Normative age-graded influences: influences that are similar for individuals in a particular age group. Normative history-graded influences: influences that are similar for individuals of a particular generation. Nonnormative life events: unusual occurrences that influence an individual"s life. Grow or regulate of loss?: co-construction of biology, culture and the individual: Brain shapes culture, but also shapes experiences that individual pursues. Health and well-being: power of lifestyles and psychological states affecting ^.
