PSYC 112 Child Development Lecture Notes PDF

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8/5/24 Lecture 1 5 Aug The Study of Child Development PSYC 112 Lecture 2 Cognitive Development 7 Aug Child Development Lecture 3 9 Aug Cognitive Development continued Lecture 4 12 Aug Social and Moral Development Professor Rachel Zajac Lecture 5 14 Aug office: 413 William James Building phone: 479 3988 Gender Development email: [email protected] 1 2 Lecture 6 16 Aug Uses and Abuses of Children’s Drawings Lecture 7 19 Aug Required Reading Children as Witnesses Passer & Smith, Psychology: The Science of Lecture 8 21 Aug Mind and Behaviour (3 rd edition) TV and Videogames pp. 451-478 Lecture 9 23 Aug Readings are examinable Imaginary Friends 3 4 Lecture 1: The Study of Child Development 5 6 1  8/5/24 As a psychologist, what’s the first thing that you would want to know about Sam Thompson? 7 8 bed scared k g the dar wettin of the has an exp imaginary e friend wit rime h a ntin lco g ho risk-taking l s in believe Santa conf lict w string of unsuccessful pare ith nts relationships 9 10 Important Terms Important Terms Development – the sequence of Development – the sequence of physical and psychological changes physical and psychological changes that humans undergo as they grow that humans undergo as they grow older older Developmental Psychology – the scientific study of age-related changes in behaviour, thinking, emotion, and personality 11 12 2  8/5/24 Continuity and Change To what extent is development characterised by continuous change, and The Big Questions in to what extent does it involve discontinuities that result in the emergence of new forms Developmental and processes of change? Psychology Are we as human beings distinct from other species? 13 14 15 16 Continuity and Change To what extent is development characterised by continuous change, and to what extent does it involve discontinuities that result in the emergence of new forms and processes of change? Are we as human beings distinct from other species? Is individual development continuous? 17 18 3  8/5/24 Quantitative Change (Continuity) Quantitative Change (Continuity) 19 20 Qualitative Change (Discontinuity) Qualitative Change (Discontinuity) 21 22 Continuity and Change To what extent is development characterised by continuous change, and to what extent does it involve discontinuities that result in the emergence of new forms and processes of change? Are we as human beings distinct from other species? Is individual development continuous? Qualitative Change (Discontinuity) Are there critical periods in development? 23 24 4  8/5/24 Genie Imprinting 25 26 Sources of Development Is development guided primarily by the genetic programme locked into the body’s cells, or is the external environment the driving force that produces change? Imprinting 27 28 Sources of Development Is development guided primarily by the genetic programme locked into the body’s cells, or is the external environment the driving force that produces change? Nature versus Nurture debate 29 30 5  8/5/24 Jim Lewis and Jim Springer 31 32 Epigenetics 33 34 Individual Differences No two human beings are exactly alike. How do people come to have stable characteristics that differentiate them from all other people? What makes individuals different from each other? 35 36 6  8/5/24 37 38 Individual Differences No two human beings are exactly alike. How do people come to have stable characteristics that differentiate them from all other people? What makes individuals different from each other? To what extent are individual characteristics stable over time? 39 40 Self-Report Data Collection in Developmental Psychology 41 42 7  8/5/24 Self-Report Observation 43 44 Observation Observation 45 46 Experimental Methods Experimental Methods The Visual Cliff The Visual Cliff 47 48 8  8/5/24 Experimental Methods Experimental Methods 49 50 Experimental Methods Experimental Methods Your hair looks so stupid. 51 52 Experimental Methods Experimental Methods 53 54 9  8/5/24 Clinical Interview Methods Clinical Interview Methods 55 56 Clinical Interview Methods Research Design 57 58 Longitudinal Design Longitudinal Design 59 60 10  8/5/24 Longitudinal Design Cross-Sectional Design 61 62 11