Title: Human Development: Chapters 2 & 3
1Human DevelopmentChapters 2 3
- Interpreting memories through development theory
2Taking 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.
3Taking 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?
4Using 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?
5Using 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?
6Human 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)
7What 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)
8What 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
9What 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?
10What 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?
11What 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
12What 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.
13Some 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
14What is human development?
- Process/es of change unfolding over time
- Relatively stable sequence of change that follow
general, predictable patterns (all things being
equal)