FRHD 1010 Lecture 1: FRHD1010 Human Development Course

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1010
• Professor: Susan Chuang

Document Summary

Human development is the multidisciplinary scientific study of how people change and how they remain the same over time. 5 key ideas that guide contemporary study of human development from a lifespan perspective. According to these ideas, development is: multi-directional: overtime characteristics change in every direction, not always linear. Every individual and trait can be altered at any point. Physical development includes perceptual and motor skills/capacities and physical health. Genetic, nutritional and health factors affect growth and change: cognitive domain: includes all mental processes a person uses to gain knowledge or thing about their environment. Includes changes in intellectual attention, memory, academic and everyday knowledge, problem solving, imagination, creativity and language. Encompasses perception, imagination, judgement, memory and language, as well as education: psychosocial domain: includes emotions, temperament and social skills. Changes in emotional communication, self-understanding, self-esteem, personality and knowledge about others.