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Developmental Psychology for Intro class

Developmental Psychology for Intro class. Carolyn R. Fallahi, Ph. D. What Developmental Psychology entails:. Physical Development Personality Development Moral Development Social Development Intellectual Development Cognitive Development. Conception & prenatal development Infants

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Developmental Psychology for Intro class

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

  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 & .75-.91 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

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