Human Development Chunk 1

Pattern of movement or change, from conception to death. How people change as well as how they stay the same

Views developmeent as lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual, and as a process that involves growth, maitenance, and regulation of loss

Influences common to individuals of a particular age group examples:walk at 1-biologicaldrivers liscense at 16-environmentalpuberty earty teens-biological

Influences common to individuals of a particular generation because of historical circumstances. -big eventsexamples: great depressionrecession9/11

Children were born as basically bad, especially common belief during the middle ages*goal of parenting*absolve sin, save their souls. This lead to strict parentingNATURE, just born 'that way

John Locke believed that children are blank tablets, acquired charateristics from experience. The belief that childhood experience forms child. *goal of parenting* warm, loving, leniant, supportiveNURTURE

18th century Russo said that children are born inherently good•goal of parenting* permit kids to grow naturally and too much parental intervention is badNURTURE

Extensive change, most information was on infants, adolescense, and alot of data on old age, but very little data on change in adulthood

Multidimensionalmultidirectionalplasticmultidisciplinarycontextual

No age period dominates development

Biological-changes in physical naturecognitive-changes in thought, intelligence and languagesocioemotional-changes in relationships, emotions, periods of stability in personality

Involves both growth and decline

Degree to which characteristics change or remain stable. Flexible, we have the ability to change our own charactaristics.

Used in multiple disciplinespsychology, sociology etc

Have to know the context of peoples lives