PSYCH 230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Scientific Method, Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood, Theoretical Ecology
23 Oct 2017
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Development : the pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues through the human lifespan. Humans maximum life span has never changes, it"s the life. Life-span perspective : view of development as being lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary and contextual; involving growth, maintenance, constructed by biological, psychological and sociocultural factors. Adolescence is not the end of development. Development has plasticity a capacity to change. Normative age-graded influences : influences that are similar for individuals in the same age group. Normative history-graded influences : influences that are common to people of a particular generation because of historical circumstances. Nonnormative life events : unusual occurrences that have impact on an individual"s life. Culture : the behaviors, patterns, beliefs and all other products of a group of people that are passed from generation to generation. Ethnicity : a characteristic based on cultural heritage, nationality characteristics, race, religion, and language. Comes from the greek word ethnic meaning nation.
