Human Development – Lecture 26 – Development Psychology
general
Development; all physical & psychologic changes of an individual during their life
span
Development psychology; is the systematic and scientific research into changes of
human behavior over time
Development stages;
Prenatal; conception to birth
Baby & toddler; birth to 2 years (oral and anal) is this a sensitive one? Yes
Preschooler; 2 to 6 years (phallic)
School age; 6 to 12 years (latency)
Adolescence; 12 to 18 years (genital)
Early adulthood; 18 to 25 years
Domains of development;
o Physical
Motor
Perception
o Cognitive
o Emotional and social
Terms in development psychology;
Continuous development; adding more of the same type of skills (e.g. moving of a
longer time than before)
Discontinuous development; step wise development (mature pincer grasp,
mathematical reasoning)
Nature and/or nurture; what contribution do genes vs environment have
o Nature (genes); inheritance from mom’s and dad’s
o Nurture (environment); physical & social word. Influence on physical and
psychological development
Nature and nurture debate;
o Freud (N&N)
3 parts of personality
Id; biggest part of mind, unconscious (onbewust) from birth on,
pleasure principal
Ego; partially conscious, appears early in birth, directs id’s
impulses into acceptable way
Superego; consciousness, develop from 3 to 6 years based on
interactions
o Behaviorism (nurture)
Classical conditioning; associative learning; Pavlovian
learning.
Repeatedly pairing natural stimulus (bell) with an
unconditioned stimulus (the food), the natural stimulus
becomes conditioned
general
Development; all physical & psychologic changes of an individual during their life
span
Development psychology; is the systematic and scientific research into changes of
human behavior over time
Development stages;
Prenatal; conception to birth
Baby & toddler; birth to 2 years (oral and anal) is this a sensitive one? Yes
Preschooler; 2 to 6 years (phallic)
School age; 6 to 12 years (latency)
Adolescence; 12 to 18 years (genital)
Early adulthood; 18 to 25 years
Domains of development;
o Physical
Motor
Perception
o Cognitive
o Emotional and social
Terms in development psychology;
Continuous development; adding more of the same type of skills (e.g. moving of a
longer time than before)
Discontinuous development; step wise development (mature pincer grasp,
mathematical reasoning)
Nature and/or nurture; what contribution do genes vs environment have
o Nature (genes); inheritance from mom’s and dad’s
o Nurture (environment); physical & social word. Influence on physical and
psychological development
Nature and nurture debate;
o Freud (N&N)
3 parts of personality
Id; biggest part of mind, unconscious (onbewust) from birth on,
pleasure principal
Ego; partially conscious, appears early in birth, directs id’s
impulses into acceptable way
Superego; consciousness, develop from 3 to 6 years based on
interactions
o Behaviorism (nurture)
Classical conditioning; associative learning; Pavlovian
learning.
Repeatedly pairing natural stimulus (bell) with an
unconditioned stimulus (the food), the natural stimulus
becomes conditioned
