The concept of development Flashcards
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What is developmental psychology?
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- The field of psychology concerned with human growth and change across the lifespan
- Typically focused on development through childhood and adolescence
2
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Name some areas of specialised phases of lifespan that research is focussed on.
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- Prenatal period
- Infancy and toddlerhood
- Early childhood
- Middle childhood
- Adolescence
- Old age
3
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What are the two central questions in developmental psychology?
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- What develops?
- Describing the changes that occur across the lifespan
- Understanding what children know, feel, think, and do at different ages • Dividing development into domains of change
- How and why does development occur?
- e.g., gradual or sudden?
- e.g., at different times for different skills or all together?
- Individual differences
- Processes and mechanisms
4
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What are the three domains of child development?
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- Physical Development
- Cognitive and language development
- Emotional and social Development
5
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What aspects are involved in Physical development?
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- changes in body
- physical health
- brain
- perception
- motor skills
6
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What aspects are involved in Cognitive and language development?
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- knowledge and understanding
- intellectual abilities, reasoning, and problem-solving
- cognitive processes - e.g., attention and memory
- Language
7
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What aspects are involved in Emotional and social development?
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- forming emotional relationships with others
- understanding self and understanding others
- coping with challenging feelings
- regulating emotional expressions
- friendships and intimate relationships
- socialisation and moral understanding
8
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List some methods for studying child development.
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- Tests and tasks
- Interviews and questionnaires
- self-report vs. other-report
- Experiments
- Observation
- Correlational designs
- Cross-sectional vs. longitudinal designs
