HLTH 220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: January 1998 North American Ice Storm, Oral Stage, Behavioural Genetics
22 Apr 2016
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Lifespan development is a diverse and growing field with broad focus and wide applicability: covers entire lifespan of individual from birth to death, examines ways people develop physically, intellectually and socially. Developmentalists examine: impact genetics/parents have on children, how children learn, why children make choices they make, whether personality is inherited, if it changes over time or is stable, how stimulating environment affects development. Lifespan development: field of study that examines patterns of growth, change and stability in behaviour that occur throughout the lifespan (looks at how we change and how we stay the same) Apply scientific methods: develop theories about development and use methodical, scientific techniques to systematically validate accuracy of their assumptions. Focus on human development: understand universal principles of development; how social and cultural differences affect development; understand traits that differentiate one person from another. Regardless of approach for studying development, all researchers consider development as:
