Module 1:PSYC 140: Module 1 Study Guide:Latest Updated A+ Score Guide Solution

Lifespan Development is -- Lifelong, Multidirectional, Multidisciplinary, Multidimensional • Major Periods of Development o Prenatal o Infancy/Toddlerhood o Early childhood o Middle childhood o Adolescence o Early adulthood o Middle adulthood o Late adulthood • Lifelong: Early research focused on childhood, now we know development is occurring throughout our entire lives • Multidirectional: Change can be both good and bad, simultaneously o Aging: the process of getting "old", different than growth (usually used to describe children) o Maturation: becoming more developed or advanced (physical, emotional, cognitive) o Ex. Adults physically decline but emotionally advance with age • Multidisciplinary: many professions • Multidimensional: Biological, Social, Emotional, Cognitive 1.2 Theoretical Perspectives in Lifespan Development • Controversies in lifespan development o Nature vs. Nurture o Continuity vs. Discontinuity • Historically discontinuous • Recently continuous • Both are possible • Major Theorists and Theories o Sigmund Freud and the Psychosexual Stage of Development - ID, EGO, SUPEREGO • Each stage involves a fixation/conflict with a certain part of the body associated with sexual gratification • Ego balances ID and SUPEREGO • Our personality develops based on interactions between id, ego, superego ID (birth) • Most basic, first part of our personality to emerge • Unconscious impulses that demand immediate fulfilment