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1
Human DevelopmentChapters 2 3
  • Interpreting memories through development theory

2
Taking a walk
  • Take a walk through your old neighborhood at
    three different points in your life as a child
  • about ages 3-4 11-12 and as a high school
    senior.
  • What do you remember? Describe one particular
    memory from each of those times in as much detail
    as you can use.

3
Taking a walk
  • Now, analyze your memories for the following
    categories.
  • People
  • Objects
  • Places
  • Events
  • How do your memories compare with respect to how
    each category has been represented in your
    descriptions?
  • Do you notice any changes as you grow older?
  • What are they?
  • Why do you think theyve occurred?

4
Using human development to interpret your memories
  • Try to categorize each of your memories by type
    of developmental growth and change most clearly
    represented (physical cognitive affective
    personal social linguistic moral).
  • Next, using one of the theoretical models
    described in Ch. 2 (Piaget Vygotsky IPor some
    combination of these if you want), theoretically
    interpret one of your memories.
  • How would one of these theorists explain the
    contents of your memory at that particular age?

5
Using human development to interpret your memories
  • Next, using any of the theoretical points-of-view
    described in Ch. 3 (effects of parenting
    culture peers Erikson Marcia Kohlberg
    Gilligan or some combination of these if you
    want), theoretically interpret one other memory.
  • How does this theory help explain the contents of
    your memory at that particular age?

6
Human Development Chps 2, 3, 4 5
  • What is human development?
  • An Introduction to Human Development
  • From Laura E. Berk / Chapter 10 Trends in Human
    Development http//teachpsych.lemoyne.edu/teachps
    ych/faces/text/Ch10.htm)

7
What is human development?
  • Introduction to Human Development (Chps. 2, 3, 4
    5)
  • From Laura E. Berk / Chapter 10 Trends in
    Human Development http//teachpsych.lemoyne.edu/t
    eachpsych/faces/text/Ch10.htm)

8
What is human development?
  • During moments of reflection about our own lives
    and those of people we know well, virtually all
    of us ponder questions that are of great interest
    to researchers of human development.
  • Perhaps you have wondered about one or more of
    the following questions of concerns

9
What is human development?
  • Have you wondered about
  • What determines the attributes we share with our
    parents and siblings and those that make each of
    us unique--in physical traits, mental capacities,
    interests, and behaviors?
  • What is the infant and young child's
    understanding of the world like, and how does it
    change over time?

10
What is human development?
  • Have you wondered about
  • Why do some of us retain the temperamental styles
    that characterized us as children (such as
    shyness, sociability, excitability, or high
    activity), whereas others change in essential
    ways?
  • How do homes, schools, neighborhoods, and
    contemporary realities--employed mothers, day
    care, divorce, smaller families, and new
    technologies--contribute to our characteristics
    and skills?

11
What is human development?
  • Answer
  • Human development is a field of study devoted to
  • understanding constancy and change throughout the
    lifespan.
  • scientific roots date back to early 20th century
    observational and interview studies of children
    and adolescents
  • Initially descriptive
  • charting age-related milestones, such as when a
    child first walked, spoke in sentences, formed a
    best friendship, and reached (see Murchison,
    1933)
  • little attention to process--the how and why of
    human change

12
What is human development?
  • By the 1960s a distinct subdivision within
    psychology
  • Sophisticated empirical work flourished, more in
    methodology and focusing more directly on
    explanation
  • Grand theories held sway (behavioral,
    psychoanalytic, and Piagetian cognitive
    development theory) (Cairns, 1983, 1998).
  • Each was closely tied to a specific domain, or
    aspect, of human functioning.
  • Together, the grand theories brought tension and
    debate to the field, offering powerfully opposing
    perspectives on the course and processes of
    change.
  • A passive child continuously shaped by
    environmental inputs was pitted against an
    active, sense-making being undergoing a series of
    stagewise shifts rooted in human biology.

13
Some interpretations from various sources
  • General/Biological
  • http//www.answers.com/main/ntqueryjsessionid521
    m8ptenjgma?method4dsid2222dekeyHumandevelopm
    entcurtab2222_1sbidlc02alinktextHuman20deve
    lopment
  • Child Development
  • http//www.answers.com/topic/child
  • Medical
  • http//www.medicalglossary.org/behavior_and_behavi
    or_mechanisms_human_development_definitions.html
  • Social-cultural / Political
  • http//hdr.undp.org/hd/default.cfm
  • General / Psychological
  • http//encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Humande
    velopment

14
What is human development?
  • Process/es of change unfolding over time
  • Relatively stable sequence of change that follow
    general, predictable patterns (all things being
    equal)
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