PS275 Chapter 1: Chapter 1 Notes.docx
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Development systematic continuities and changes in the individual over the course of life (temporary changes in mood swings, thoughts, and behaviours are no included) Continuities the ways in which we remain the same or continue to reflect our past. Developmentalist any scholar regardless of discipline that seeks to understand the developmental process. 2 processes that underlie developmental change: maturation and learning. Maturation developmental changes in the body or behaviour that result from the aging process rather than from learning, injury, illness, or some other life experience. Learning relatively permanent change in behavior that results from one"s experiences or practice: we change in response to our environments particularly to the actions and reactions of people around us. 3 major goals of the developmental sciences: describe, explain, optimize development: describe provides us with the facts about development by carefully observing behaviour of people of different agents, observing how they change over time.
