Lecture Slides - Introduction to the Developmental Perspective Flashcards
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What perspective is this: Human development is the product of changing relations between the developing person and his or her changing multilevel contexts
developmental systems perspective
What is the problem with the developmental systems perspective model?
they do not look at the “exception to the rule” – these are just models, they are not hard wired facts
Motor development is the study of change in motor behaviour as influenced by ____ and _____ factors.
biological and environmental
In the article about school recess and how it is regularly given and only to students up to the 4th grade, identify the aspects of physical and social context at this school that influenced the children’s development?
1) irregular recess
2) only until 4th grade
3) very little space
4) teacher dependent
change can be measured in what two ways?
qualitatively and quantitatively
What are the 5 major goals of the developmentalist?
- describe characteristic change
- when changes occur
- what causes changes
- can change be predicted
- is change individual or universal
LEARN THE VENN DIAGRAM OF THE DETERMINANTS OF MOTOR BEHAVIOUR
it is page 5 of the text
____ are opportunities for action that objects,
events or places in the environment provide.
affordances
“fixed qualities at birth that account for
individual traits and characteristics”
heredity
“observable changes in quantity”
growth
“process of change in individual’s level of
functioning”
development
“biological events occur e.g. 1st menstrual flow for females, adolescent growth spurts”
maturation
“circumstances, objects or conditions of one’s surroundings”
environmental contexts
“conditions within the environment that may
alter or modify various developmental characteristics
through learning process”
experience
“permanent changes in performance as a result from practice or previous experience”
learning
how are growth and development related?
growth is a component of development - development is a change in function and it needs growth
How are growth and the environment related?
we need appropriate nutrition to grow; proteins, vitamins, minerals
how are environment and development related?
affordances
“Refers to when
specific biological events occur i.e. the underlying timetable of developmental events e.g. age that children start to walk, age of menarche.”
maturation
“Refers to change
in the individual’s level of functioning e.g. Change from walking with assistance to walking alone, beginning to step forward to transfer weight during the throw.”
development
opportunities for action that objects, events, or places provide are referred to as _____
affordances
The evidence about tricycle riding from Johnny & Jimmy demonstrate the concept of ______
readiness
9 major assumptions about development?
- continual and cumulative process
- all domains of development are interrelated
- wide range of individual differences
- environmental context plays a major role
- critical and sensitive periods
- aided by positive stimulation
- plasticity
- motor development is a dynamic process - not pre-wired but self organizing
- regression is inevitable
STAGES:
- prenatal
- infancy
- childhood
- adolescence
- adulthood
- prenatal = conception to birth
- infancy = birth to 2yr
- childhood = 2-6yr (early) and 6-12yr (late)
- adolescence = 12-18yrs
- adulthood = 18yrs and older