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An Introduction to Developmental Psychology

An Introduction to Developmental Psychology. Dr Hester Duffy. What is Developmental Psychology?. The Psychology of Change WHAT can we do? WHEN can we do it? HOW do we do it? WHY do we do it?. What is Developmental Psychology?. Old questions!

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An Introduction to Developmental Psychology

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  1. An Introduction to Developmental Psychology Dr Hester Duffy

  2. What is Developmental Psychology? The Psychology of Change WHAT can we do? WHEN can we do it? HOW do we do it? WHY do we do it?

  3. What is Developmental Psychology? Old questions! Is the child born into the world a ‘blank slate’? Can a baby grow up to be anyone, or is it predetermined? How do children learn about the world?

  4. What is Developmental Psychology? New questions! Which parts of the brain do what? How do our genes interact with our environment? How does our culture impact our development?

  5. What is Developmental Psychology? A Science! Empirical methods Hypothesis testing Experiments Data collection Analysis

  6. What is Developmental Psychology? Difficult! Adult studies – tasks, questionnaires, interviews Infant studies – different methods needed

  7. How do we do Developmental Psychology? New-borns Natural abilities Eye-tracking Sucking

  8. How do we do Developmental Psychology? Infants Eye tracking Reaching

  9. How do we do Developmental Psychology? Young children Games & stories

  10. How do we do Developmental Psychology? Older children and adolescents Adult-like tasks Neuro-imaging

  11. Why do we do Developmental Psychology? To help in a-typical cases. To help in typical cases! To understand ourselves

  12. The Development of Developmental Psychology Early Theories Evolution (Darwin) Learning (Watson) Maturation (Gesell & McGraw)

  13. The Development of Developmental Psychology Piaget Stage Theory of development Stages are predetermined, universal, invariant Children are active agents

  14. Piaget’s Stages 0 – 24 months – Sensori-motor stage 2 – 6 years – Pre-operational stage 6 – 12 years – Concrete operational stage 12 years up – Formal Operational stage

  15. The Development of Developmental Psychology Vygotsky Social Learning theory Environment and culture play a role in development “Zone of proximal development”

  16. The Development of Developmental Psychology Bowlby Attachment theory Worked with traumatised children Nature & Nurture

  17. Attachment Theory Mother-child bond is vital Determines later relationships Attachment styles developed by Ainsworth & Bell

  18. The Development of Developmental Psychology Modern Theories Smaller in scale – not trying to cover everything! More flexible and accommodating Domain specific rather than domain general More about how children learn rather than what they know

  19. Modern Developmental Psychology Siegler Information processing Theory Children have many ways of thinking (Contrast to Piaget). The mind as computer – a machine for manipulating symbols. Change is constant, not in stages Allows the use of modelling

  20. Modern Developmental Psychology Information Processing Theory

  21. Different approaches Piaget Vygotsky Bowlby Siegler

  22. Developmental Psychology Summary The Psychology of Change Covers many areas of psychology Needs a rigorous scientific approach Many different theories

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