This document discusses key concepts in human development including:
1) The three main aspects of development - physical growth, cognitive development, and psychosocial development.
2) The differences between maturation, which results from aging, and learning, which results from experiences.
3) Important debates in developmental science around nature vs nurture, stability vs change, and continuity vs stages.
4) How historical and cultural differences between generations could impact developmental experiences.
This document discusses key concepts in human development including:
1) The three main aspects of development - physical growth, cognitive development, and psychosocial development.
2) The differences between maturation, which results from aging, and learning, which results from experiences.
3) Important debates in developmental science around nature vs nurture, stability vs change, and continuity vs stages.
4) How historical and cultural differences between generations could impact developmental experiences.
This document discusses key concepts in human development including:
1) The three main aspects of development - physical growth, cognitive development, and psychosocial development.
2) The differences between maturation, which results from aging, and learning, which results from experiences.
3) Important debates in developmental science around nature vs nurture, stability vs change, and continuity vs stages.
4) How historical and cultural differences between generations could impact developmental experiences.
This document discusses key concepts in human development including:
1) The three main aspects of development - physical growth, cognitive development, and psychosocial development.
2) The differences between maturation, which results from aging, and learning, which results from experiences.
3) Important debates in developmental science around nature vs nurture, stability vs change, and continuity vs stages.
4) How historical and cultural differences between generations could impact developmental experiences.
the father’s sperm penetrates the mother’s ovum, creating a new organism) and death. (Shaffer, et.al, 2010) MATURATION LEARNING developmental changes a relatively permanent in the body or behavior change in behavior (or that result from the behavioral potential) aging process rather than that results from one’s from learning, injury, experiences or practice. -Shaffer,2010 illness, or some other life experience -Shaffer, 2010 * ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT AREA OF DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE bodily changes and Physical growth sequencing of motor skill
perception, language, Cognitive learning, and thinking
emotions, personality, and
Psychosocial relationship *Nature vs. Nurture- does behavior result from genetics or the environment? *Stability vs. Change- are behaviors/stable of a lifetime or do they change as we mature? *Continuity vs. Stages- do people develop in a continuous way with no clearly defined categories or do they develop in specific stages? Surname_Act2 * Describe the historical and cultural context between your generation and your parents’ generation. How might these differences have affected your development compared to your parents.