PSY30200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Coccinellidae, Developmental Science, Natural Selection
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Developmental science: the study of constancy and change throughout the lifespan: can be: Take knowledge of another field and apply it to your practice; Pull from a lot of different areas of science: based on theories that describe, explain, and predict behavior. Gradual unfolding where everyone goes through the same developmental milestones and changes: quantitative change over time. More stages of development: periods of relatively little change and then periods of rapid change in which there is a qualitative shift in our nature and behavior. Think and behave in different ways at each change. Are we responsive to the stimuli in our. Lifespan perspective: environment: recognizes that great complexity exists in human change and the factors that underlie it, assumes that development is: All factors interact with one another (social, physical, psychological. Scientific beginnings: darwin: forefather of scientific child study. Environment puts pressure on individual to adapt and change. Natural selection and survival of the fittest.
