PSYC 2110 Lecture 7: PSYC 2110 Lecture 7 Notes
30 May 2018
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PSYC 2110 Lecture 7 Notes
Introduction
Plasticity
• We now have some indication that the age at which a child reaches puberty, an
important milestone in physical development has an effect on social life.
• For example, boys who reach puberty early enjoy better relations with their peers than
do boys who reach puberty later (Livson & Peskin, 1980).
• Children who do well in school also tend to be more popular with their peers than
children who perform somewhat less well in school.
• We see, then, that popularity depends not only on the growth of social skills but also on
various aspects of both cognitive and physical development.
• As this example illustrates, development is not piecemeal but holistic
• Humans are physical, cognitive, and social beings, and each of these components of self
depends, in part, on changes taking place in other areas of development.
• Many researchers now incorporate this holistic theme into their theories and research.
• For example, in reviewing the literature on sex differences in science and mathematics,
Halpern and her colleagues (Halpern et al., 2007) adopted a bio psychosocial approach
in which they considered all aspects of the child in understanding sex differences and
similarities.
• The holistic perspective is one of the dominant themes of human development today
and a perspective around which this book is organized.
• Plasticity refers to a capacity for change in response to positive or negative life
experiences.
• Although we have described development as a continual and cumulative process and
noted that past events often have implications for the future, developmentalists know
that the ourse of developet a hage aruptly if iportat aspets of a perso’s
life change.
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