development, theory, research

PSY382

developmental change

relatively permanent change

set order

in order for change to be developmental is has to go in a particular order that is permanent

developmental psychology

deep in the mind through conception→ old age

continuous change

slow and steadily, look the same but older

is continuous change quantitative or qualitative

quantitative

discontinuous change

continuous but theres transformational changes (butterfly)

is discontinuous change quantitative or qualitative

qualitative

nature

genetics

nurture

environment

active development

creating their own development

passive development

another force controlling it, listening and doing things (bell)

mechanistic approach

looking at people like they’re machines

reductionistic

reduce person to 1 thing

what approach uses the reductionistic

mechanistic

what approach uses passive development

mechanistic

what approach uses active development

organismic

behaviorism uses the…

environment (correct and reward behavior)

nativism uses the…

genes

what approach uses behaviorism

mechanistic

what approach uses nativism

mechanistic

what approach uses continuous change

mechanistic

what approach uses continuous and discontinuous change

organismic

holistic uses…

whole, experiences

developmental systems

develop through stages

passive development

whats happening to me (not causing my own development)

active development

use resources for me

behaviorism metaphor

you’re a lump of clay and the environment shapes you

nativism metaphor

filing cabinet of genes

developmental systems metaphor

person is like a plant that needs the environment but grows itself

sensitive periods are…

best for some aspect to develop (ex. language)

critical periods are…

important for a certain thing to develop OR it will NEVER

cohort effects tell us…

what a certain group born around the same time + space is like

sociocultural influences tells us…

a groups ethnicity, social class, and poverty

cultural influences tell us…

a groups religion, values, language, cultural beliefs

what are 3 requirements for an experiment?

1. control group + experimental group

2. random assignment

3. manipulation of a variable

independent variable

what is being manipulated

dependent variable

what happens as a result

quasi-experiement

no random assignment and no manipulation

correlational study

asking people questions to see the relationship

cross-sectional studies

different people of different ages

longitudinal studies

following same people over a long period of time

cohort effects

looking at 1 age group and their views

problem with cohort effects

different findings with different cohorts