1. Chapter 1 The Study of Human Development

2. Human Development What is it? The study of how people change & how they remain they same Recurring Issues Nature versus Nurture (Environment or genes?) Continuity versus Discontinuity (Development as a smooth progression or as abrupt shifts?) Universal versus Context-Specific Development (One path of development or several?)

3. Basic Forces Biological Psychological Sociocultural Life-cycle

4. Developmental Theories Psychodynamic Main idea: personality develops through sequence of stages Freud’s Theory – Stages of Psychosexual Development Erikson’s Theory – Stages of Psychosocial Development Learning Main idea: environment controls behavior; learn through modeling and observing Skinner – Behaviorism Bandura – Social Learning Theory

5. Theories Continued… Cognitive-Developmental Main idea: thinking develops in sequence of stages Piaget – 4 Stages of Cognitive Development Kohlberg – Theory of Moral Reasoning Ecological Main idea: adaptation is optimal when ability & demands are in balance Lawton & Nahemow – Competence-Environmental Press Theory Life Span Main idea: development is multiply determined Riley – Life-Span Perspective

6. Doing Developmental Research Measurement General Designs Correlational Studies Experimental Studies Designs for studying development Longitudinal Studies Cross-Sectional Studies

7. Developmental Research Continued… Conducting Research Ethically Communicating Research Results