1 Developmental Psychology for Intro class Carolyn R. Fallahi, Ph. D.

2 What Developmental Psychology entails:  Physical Development  Personality Development  Moral Development  Social Development  Intellectual Development  Cognitive Development

3 Who Is Included In our Study?  Conception & prenatal development  Infants  Toddlers  Young children  Middle childhood  Older childhood  Adolescence  Young Adulthood  Middle Adulthood  Older Adulthood

4 How do we study development?  Quantitative versus Qualitative changes  Major Influences that impact development Biological Environmental Longitudinal studies Monozygotic Twins versus Dizygotic Twins  E.g. Minnesota Twin Family Study

5 Theories regarding heredity & environment  Genetic factors influence personality, mental health, activity level  Heredity & environment are a joint product for many developmental issues. E.g. kinship studies Rho =.49 siblings & for identical twins on IQ

6 Select Issues in Development  Attachment Theory John Bowlby Universality of stages Mary Ainsworth & the Strange situation Attachment is a reciprocal relationship

7 Parenting Styles – Diana Baumrind  Baumrind (1971) Authoritarian Authoritative parenting Permissive parenting  Neglectful versus nonconforming

8 What does the research say?  Parenting style & outcome measures Social responsibility Independence Differences between boys and girls? Authoritarian parents Authoritative parents Permissive parents

9 Developmental Theories  Cognitive Development – Jean Piaget Sensorimotor Period (B to 2 years old) Preoperational Period (2-7 years old) Concrete Operational Period (7-11 years old) Formal Operational Period (11-15 years old)

10 Moral Development  Kohlberg (1958) Preconventional Morality Conventional Morality Postconventional Morality

11 Psychosocial Development  Erik Erikson Stage 1: Trust versus Mistrust Stage 2: Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt Stage 3: Initiative versus Guilt Stage 4: Industry versus Inferiority Stage 5: Identity versus Identity Diffusion Stage 6: Intimacy versus Isolation Stage 7: Generativity versus Stagnation Stage 8: Ego Integrity versus Despair