DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

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DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

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• WHAT IS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT?
• HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IS THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF HOW
  PEOPLE CHANGE, AS WELL AS HOW THEY STAY THE SAME.
• CHANGE HAPPENS IN CHILDHOOD AND IN ADULTHOOD
• QUANTITATIVE CHANGE
• CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OR AMOUNT OF SOMETHING, SUCH
  AS HEIGHT AND WEIGHT, OR THE INCREASE IN NUMBER
  OF WORDS, PHRASES, AND SENTENCES ETC
• QUALITATIVE CHANGE
• CHANGE IN KIND, STRUCTURE, OR ORGANIZATION, SUCH
  AS THE NATURE OF A PERSONS INTELLIGENCE, THE
  WAY THE MIND WORKS

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• PEOPLE SHOW AN UNDERLYING CONTINUITY, OR
  CONSISTENCY, FROM ONE TIME OF LIFE TO ANOTHER.
  IIN OTHER WAYS, THEY CHANGE. ONE AREA WITH
  ASPECTS OF BOTH CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IS
  PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT.
• STUENTS OF DEVELOPMENT ARE INTERESTED IN FACTORS
  THAT AFFECT EVERYONE.
• EXAMINING HOW PEOPLE DEVELOP THROUGHOUT LIFE,
  SCIENTISTS HAVE LEARNED MUCH ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE
  NEED TO DEVELOP NORMALLY, HOW THEY REACT TO THE
  MANY INFLUENCES UPON AND WITHIN THEM, AND HOW
  THEY CAN BEST FULFILL THEIR POTENTIAL AS
  INDIVIDUALS AND AS A SPECIES.

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• BOOK APPROACHES TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
• WE CELEBRATE THE HUMAN BEING
• WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THEORY AND RESEARCH
  HAVE TO TELL US, SPECIFICALLY, ABOUT HUMAN
  BEINGS.
• WE RESPECT ALL PERIODS OF THE LIFE SPAN
• WE ARE CONVINCED THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE POTENTIAL
  TOCHANGE AS LONG AS THEY LIVE
• WE BELIEVE IN HUMAN RESILIENCE
• WE BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE CAN OFTEN BOUNCE BACK FROM
  DIFFICULT EARLY CIRCUMSTANCES OR STRESSFUL
  EXPERIENCES TO MAKE A GOOD ADAPTATION OTO LIFE.
• WE RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE HELP SHAPE THEIR OWN
  DEVELOPMENT
• PEOPLE ARE NOT PSSIVE SPONGES, SOAKING UP
  INFLUENCES. THEY ACTIVELY SHAPE THEIR WON
  ENVIRONMENT, AND THEN THEY RESPOND TO THE
  ENVIRONMENTAL FORCES THAT THEY HAVE HELPED BRING
  ABOUT

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• WE BELIEVE THAT KNOWLEDGE IS USEFUL
• AS PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD, WE ARE
  CONCERNED WITH HOW RESEARCH FINDINGS CAN BE USED
  TO SOLVE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS.
• TWO KINDS OF RESEARCH ARE USED
• BASIC RESEARCH SPIRIT OF INTELLCTUAL CURIOSITY
  WITH NO DIRECT PARACTICAL GOAL IN MIND
• APPLIED RESEARCH ADDRESSES THE IMEDIATE PROBLEM

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• HUMAN DEVELOPMENT THE STUDY AND ITS HISTORY
• THE STUDY OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ORIGINALLY FOCUSED
  ON DESCRIBING BEHAVIOR IN ORDER TO DERIVE AGE
  NORMS
• ADDED BY MODERN DEVELOPMENTALISTS ARE
• EXPLAIN, PREDICT, MODIFY OR OPTIMIZE
• EXAMPLE USING LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• DESCRIPTION ESTABLISH NORMS FOR LANGUAGE AT
  VARIOUS AGES
• EXPLANATION TRYING TO UNCOVER HOW CHILDREN
  ACQUIRE LANGUAGE AND GET BETTER AT USING IT
• PREDICTION DETERMINING WHAT LANGUAGE STATUS
  AT A GIVEN AGE CAN TELL US ABOUT LATER BEHAVIOR
• MODIFICATION FINDING WAYS TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR,
  SUCH AS SPEECH THERAPY TO STIMULATE LANGUAGE
  GROWTH

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• CHARACTERISITCS OF LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT