I. Developmental Psychology

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Psychology

Developmental Psychology

RPm 2027 - One Take, No Retake

University/Undergrad

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Nature

  • Heredity

  • Twin studies


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Nurture

  • Environment

  • Adoption studies


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Maturation

Unfolding of a natural sequence of changes

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Normative Events

Influence most people in a society

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Normative Age-Graded

Type of normative event that is specific to an age group

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Normative History-Graded

Type of normative event that is specific to a timeline

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Reactive

  • Mechanistic model

    • Humans are machines being operated by the environment

  • John Locke’s Tabula Rasa


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Active

  • Organismic model

  • Jean Jacques Rousseau

    • Instincts and individual potential; we set our own development


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Continuity

  • Gradual

  • Incremental

  • Quantitative change


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Discontinuity

  • Abrupt

  • Qualitative change

  • Stage oriented theories