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INTRODUCTION TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT? •Systematic continuities and changes between conception to death •Orderly, patterned and relatively enduring •Stability, continues to reflect the past •Developmentalist anyone who studies the process of development (represent many disciplines) WHAT CAUSES US TO DEVELOP? • Maturation biological unfolding of an individual Species-typical biological inheritance • Individual persons biological inheritance • Learning experiences producing relatively permanent changes in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors WHAT GOALS DO DEVELOPMENTALISTS PURSUE? • To Describe based on observation • Normative development typical patterns • Ideographic development individual differences • To Explain addresses the why of development • To Optimize to help people develop in positive directions SOME BASIC OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF DEVELOPMENT • continual and cumulative process • Change at any phase of life impacts future • A holistic process development is due to a combination of changes in 1. Physical growth 2. Cognitive aspects of development 3. Psychosocial aspects of development SOME BASIC OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF DEVELOPMENT • Plasticity capacity for change in response to positive or negative life experiences • Historical/Cultural context • Historical events may influence development • Culture also influences development FAMOUS ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT • CONTINOUS VS DIS ...
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