Developmental Psychology Portage Module 1 | Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

Major period of lifespan development - 1. prenatal development 2. infancy and toddlerhood 3. early childhood 4. middle childhood 5. adolescence 6. early adulthood 7. middle adulthood 8. late adulthood development is... - lifelong, multidirectional Maturation - becoming more developed and advanced Multidisciplinary - involving two or more subject areas multidimensional - biological, social, emotional, cognitive Continuity - we perceive smooth, continuous patterns rather than discontinuous ones discontinuous - A view of development as taking place in stages that are distinct from one another rather than as one gradual, continuous process. Sigmund Freud - psychosexual stages Id - unconcious impulses, demand immediate fullfilment