PSY1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Development, Information Processing
PSY1011 LECTURE 2
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 1
Learning outcomes
- Define developmental psychology and indicate the scope of the field
- Outline different cognitive, social and physical milestones that occur throughout the
lifespan
- Identify some of the key transitions associated with different phases of development
throughout the lifespan
- Provide an overview of the various theories that help us understand cognitive and social
development
Erik Erikso’s theory of oral developet
Stage 1: trust vs mistrust
Stage 2: autonomy vs shame and doubt
Stage 3: initiative vs guilt
Stage 4: industry vs inferiority
Stage 5: identity vs role confusion
Stage 6: intimacy vs isolation
Stage 7: generativity vs stagnation
Stage 8: integrity vs despair
What is developmental psychology?
- The study of how the brain, body and behaviour changes over the lifespan
- The challenge for developmental psychology is to preserve the uniqueness of individuals and
still identify patterns of change and growth
Key development issues
- Behaviour
- Social
- Genetics
- Information processing
- Personality
- Learning
- Cognition
- Nature – nurture
- Activity – passivity
- Continuity – discontinuity
- universality – context-specificity
Domains of development
Biological development
- Growth of body, organs, hormonal changes, motor skills
Cognitive development
-thinking, problem-solving, language, memory
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Document Summary
Define developmental psychology and indicate the scope of the field. Outline different cognitive, social and physical milestones that occur throughout the lifespan. Identify some of the key transitions associated with different phases of development throughout the lifespan. Provide an overview of the various theories that help us understand cognitive and social development. The study of how the brain, body and behaviour changes over the lifespan. The challenge for developmental psychology is to preserve the uniqueness of individuals and still identify patterns of change and growth. Growth of body, organs, hormonal changes, motor skills. Change in personal and interpersonal relationships, roles, cultural influences. Infancy and toddlerhood birth to 3 years. Middle childhood 6 to 12 years. Adolescence 12 to 20 years: emerging adulthood 18 to 25 years. Middle adulthood 40 to 60 years. Rapid cell division ensures that the embryo is formed after about 14 days.
