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2. About Human Development Chapter One

3. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. I.Human Development: Basic Concepts A.Study of Human Development 1.Developmental Change a.Quantitative Change b.Qualitative Change 2.Four goals a.Description b.Explanation c.Prediction d.Modification

4. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. B.Periods of the Life Span 1.Prenatal (conception to birth) 2.Infancy and Toddlerhood (birth to age 3) 3.Early Childhood (3 to 6 years) 4.Middle Childhood (6 to 12 years) 5.Adolescence (12 to 20 years) 6.Young Adulthood (20 to 40 years) 7.Middle Adulthood (40 to 65 years) 8.Late Adulthood (65 years and older)

5. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. C.Aspects of Development 1.Physical Development 2.Cognitive Development 3.Psychosocial Development D.Individual Differences

6. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. E.Influences on Development 1.Heredity 2.Environment 3.Normative Influences 4.Nonnormative Life Events 5.Timing of Influences: Critical Periods 6.Influences in Context: An Ecological Approach F.The Role of Culture

7. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. A. Studying Childhood II.Human Development: How the Study has Evolved B.Studying Adolescence, Adulthood and Aging C.Studying the Life Span 1.Multidirectionality 2.Plasticity 3.History and Context 4.Multiple Causation D.Life-span Issue: Can Early Personality Traits Predict Midlife Development?

8. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. III.Human Development: Research Methods A.Steps in the Scientific Method B.Sampling 1.Generalizability 2.Random Selection C.Forms of Data Collection 1.Self-Reports 2.Behavioral Measures 3.Observation

9. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. 1.Case Studies 2.Correlational Studies 3.Experiments E.Studying Age Effects: Quasi-Experimental Methods D.Basic Research Design 1.Longitudinal Studies 2.Cross-Sectional Studies 3.Cross-Sequential Studies

10. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. 1.Right to Informed Consent 2.Right to Self-Esteem 3.Right to Privacy F.Ethics of Research

11. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. IV.Human Development: Theoretical Perspectives A.Psychoanalytic Perspective 1.Freud: Psychosexual Theory a.Stages of Development b.Personality 2.Erikson: Psychosocial Theory 3. Miller: Relational Theory

12. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. B.Learning Perspective 1.Behaviorism a.Classical Conditioning b.Operant Conditioning 2.Social-Learning Theory a.Contrast to Behaviorism b.Observational Learning

13. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. C.Cognitive Perspective 1.Piaget: Stage Model a.Four stages b.Organization c.Adaptation d.Equilibration 2.Information Processing

14. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. 1.Imprinting 2.Attachment E.Contextual Perspective 1.Sociocultural Theory (Vygotsky) 2.Zone of Proximal Development 3.Scaffolding D.Ethological Perspective