Developing Individual in Society

This document works as a key introduction to developmental psychology- exploring various different psychological approaches and influential theories to give you an idea on how psychology has developed over time. This document is a short one containing information on theories of development, Freud's psychosexual stages theory and why Freud's work has been labelled controversial. For further information on this topic, I recommend researching Piaget's theories and Erikson's proposal of Dev...

These lecture notes stem from week 2 of lectures from Dr Fenja Ziegler combined with her book which I highly recommend reading. In this document we begin by looking at methodological approaches to developmental psychology and what issues we can encounter when studying children. Pages 1-2 explore cognitive neuroscience techniques and the limitations associated with them. Further pages investigate other techniques of researching children including observation techniques and Children's answers...

Developmental Psychology Module notes for all of Semester Two. Includes lectures on: Personality - Nomothetic, Phenomenological, Psychodynamic / Intelligence / Cultural Psychology / Socially Motivated Behaviour / Social Influence / Aggression / The Social Self / The Self / Love and Relationships / Group Norms / Prosocial Behaviour / Social Relationships / Conflict Management / Psychology of War / Ingroup - Outgroup Bias. These are a combination of lecture notes and some wider reading.

Developmental Psychology Module notes for all of Semester One. Includes lectures on: What is Development? / Theories of Development / Tools for Studying Developmental Psychology / Theory of Mind / Imagination / Language / Perception / Drawing / Numerical Skills / Aggression / Morals / Adolescence / Developmental Disorders / Autistic Spectrum Disorder / Cognitive Theories of Autism. These are a combination of lecture notes and some wider reading. These were all that I revised from and I got a...