Introduction to Human Development PDF

slidesmania.com Introduction to Human Development  slidesmania.com ★ Have you ever wondered what your life span will be? ★ What people you will meet and what experiences you will have? ★ Have you ever thought about ho...

slidesmania.com Introduction to Human Development  slidesmania.com ★ Have you ever wondered what your life span will be? ★ What people you will meet and what experiences you will have? ★ Have you ever thought about how you managed to go from being a young child to the more experienced person you are now? ★ What might lie ahead in your future over the next few years or decades? As you read the introduction to human development, think about how this information relates to your own life - past, present and future.  slidesmania.com The Study of Human Development  slidesmania.com Human Development the study of how people change and how they remain the same over time  slidesmania.com Jeanne Calment was one of the most important people ever to have lived. Her achievement, though noteable, was not made in sports, government, or any other profession. When she died in 1996 at the age of 122 years and 164 days, she set the world record for the longest verified human life span. Jeanne lived her entire life in Arles, France. During her lifetime, she met Vincent Van Gogh, and experienced the invention of the light bulb, automobiles, airplanes, space travel, computers, and all sorts of everyday conveniences. Jeanne was extraordinarily healthy her entire life, hardly ever being ill. She was also active; she learned fencing when she was 85, and she was still riding a bicycle at the age of 100. She lived on her own until she was 110, when she moved into a nursing home.  slidesmania.com Think about your own life thus far… 1. What experiences and forces were instrumental in shaping you into your current self? 2. What experiences are you having now and how are they impacting who you will become? 3. What forces will continue to shape you as you age and what personal changes will affect your future?  slidesmania.com Throughout the course, you may ask yourselves… How did you grow into the How did your life complex person How will you be begin? that you are? different by the time you reach late life? How do you influence others' How do the various roles you may have throughout lives? How do life - child, teenager, they influence partner, spouse, parent, How do we deal yours? worker, grandparent, with our own and elder - shape your other's deaths? development?  slidesmania.com Answering the questions, requires us to… to draw on theories and research in the physical and social sciences reflects the complexity and uniqueness of each person and each person's experiences, as well as commonalities and patterns across people firmly grounded in theory and research and seeks to understand human behaviour. Take a minute to think about… 1. The factors that have impacted your life so far... 2. 3. Take a minute to think about… 1. As you consider your genetic The factors that heritage, your family, your home have impacted environment and the many 2. changes that have occured, you your life so far... will be able to see that everyone's life is shaped by a complex set of factors. 3.  slidesmania.com A person's development is a blend of three main characteristics of human development: Continuity vs. Nature vs. Nurture Universal and content specific discontinuity development Whether a particular The degree to which genetic developmental phenomenon This is the debate over whether there is or hereditary influences represents a smooth progression one pathway to development or several. Some theorists would argue that despite (nature) and experiential or throughout the lifespan what looks like differences in development, (continuity) or a series of abrupt there is really only one fundamental environmental influences developmental process for everyone. shifts (discontinuity). On a (nurture) determine the The opposing view is that differences day-to-day basis, behaviours person you are. It is important among people are not simply variations on often look nearly identical or a theme. These theorists believe that a to realize that development is person's development is a product of continuous. When viewed over complex interaction with the environment shaped by both: nature and the course of many months or and that interaction is not the same in all nurture are mutually years, the same behaviours may environments. Each environment has its own set of unique procedures that shape interactive influences. have changed dramatically, development. reflecting discontinuous change.  slidesmania.com The Five Stages of Development 1 2 3 4 5 Prenatal and Childhood Adolescence Adulthood Elderly Infancy  slidesmania.com These broad categories are widely accepted, and widely criticized too! Consider: Many cultures, past and present, define the shift from childhood to adolescence based on puberty. There is no physical age when adults become elderly; different people age differently and at different rates. Current research is studying "extended adolescence" Pregnancy has physical and hormonal changes, but it is not a main physical development stage.  slidesmania.com Why Study Human Development? As you watch the short video clip below, consider how the study of human development can benefit individuals, families and communities as well as our global community. Find your name on the working class document to practice Cornell note taking.  slidesmania.com What aspect of human development are you most excited to learn about? Click or use the QR code.  slidesmania.com Discussion Post How to write and respond to a discussion post Now…go to D2L, under Discussions for a post. Your post must include: Complete this Discussion by: Select and describe one Creating your post area of human development Comment on the posts of that you find particularly at least TWO other interesting classmates by asking a Explain how this aspect of specific question of their the study of human posts development could benefit a specific group (individual, Answer any questions that family, local or global are asked of you community)