PSYC 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Idiopathy
30 May 2018
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PSYC 2110 Lecture 4 Notes
Introduction
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• Adeuate desiptio poides us ith the fats aout deelopet, ut it is oly the
starting point.
• Developmentalists next seek to explain the changes they have observed.
• In pursuing this goal of explanation, developmentalists hope to determine why people
develop as they typically do and why some people develop differently than others.
• Explanation centers both on normative changes within individuals and on variations in
development between individuals.
• As we will see throughout, it is often easier to describe development than to
conclusively explain how it occurs.
• Finally, developmentalists hope to optimize development by applying what they have
learned in attempts to help people develop in positive directions.
• This is a practical side to the study of human development that has led to such
breakthroughs as ways
• Promote strong affectional ties between fussy, unresponsive infants and their frustrated
parents
• Assist children with learning difficulties to succeed at school
• Help socially unskilled children and adolescents prevent the emotional difficulties that
could result from having no close friends and being rejected by peers.
• Many believe that such optimization goals will increasingly influence research agendas
in the 21st century (Fabes, Martin, Hanish, & Updegraff, 2000; Lerner, Fisher, &
Weinberg, 2000) as developmentalists show greater interest in solving real problems
and communicating the practical implications of their findings to the public and
policymakers (APA Presidential Task Force on Evidence-Based Practice, 2006;
Kratochwill, 2007; McCall & Groark, 2000; Schoenwald et al., 2008).
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