PS275 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Skills
Document Summary
Developmental psychology is the life cycle that changes throughout the lifespan, differentiating between different age periods. Infancy and toddlerhood birth 2: prenatal conception to birth, early childhood 2-6, middle childhood 6-11, adolescence 11-20 (marks transition from childhood to adult hood) Changes over time in the structure, thoughts or behaviours of people as a result of both biological and environmental influences. 3 domains of development: physical (biological, changes in body, sensory abilities, motor skills, external height, weight, shape. Internal bones, brain: sensory motor skills, cognitive, thinking, problem-solving, perception, reasoning, memory, creativity, language, social/emotional, personality, social skills, emotions, self-concept, social skill, reactions, behaviours. Changes happen with in and across domains, integrated manner, ongoing as a child matures. Interdependent, integrative vs modular/segmented (looking at one area, development separate: have to understand their development across all domains and how it affects development in other areas. Orderly, integrated set of statements that describes, explains and predicts behaviour.
