Intro to HGAD

Intro to HGAD

Lifespan development definition
1. "the scientific study of age-related changes in behaviour, thinking, emotion & personality" ~ Boyd & Bee, 2005
WHO
1. Monitor life expectancy rates
2. Prevent spread of diseases
3. World Health Organisation
Individual Variation
1. 1. Biological
2. 2. Psychological
3. 3. Social
4. 4. Environmental
5. 5. Cultural
Risk & Protective factors
Areas of Development
1. 1. Physical
2. 2. Cognitive
3. 3. Socio-Emotional
4. 4. Emotional
5. 5. Social
Growth Patterns
1. Cephalocaudal
2. Proximodistal
Motor Skills
1. Gross
2. Fine
Periods of Development
1. Prenatal (0-1)
2. Infancy (1-2)
3. Early Childhood (2-5)
4. Middle & Late Childhood (6-11)
5. Adolescence (12-19)
6. Early Adulthood (20-40)
7. Middle Adulthood (40-65)
8. Late Adulthood (65+)
Nature v Nurture Debate
1. Nature = Thomas Bouchard
2. Nurture = Same genetics, different environment - different people
3. Epigenetics
Early v Later Experiences
1. Early = Freud
2. Later = Erikson
Critical v Sensitive Period Debate
1. Studies of extreme deprivation
  1. Rutter & ERA
  2. Dr Sheila Greene

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	Created by Casey Fagan about 5 years ago