The Beginnings

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Chapter 1

• The Beginnings

Michael Hoerger
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Introduction

• Developmental psychology how and why all people
  change or stay the same
• The scientific study of human development
• Science
• All kinds of people
• Change

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Science?

• Depends on theories, data, analysis, critical
  thinking, and methods similar to those used in
  every science, from physics to economics
• Lax standards, fads
• Ethical limitations
• Defining constructs
• Soft versus Hard science

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Multidirectional Growth

• Growth may be non-linear

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Multicontextual

• Cohort Effect
• Social Construction
• Personality
• Schizophrenia, ADHD, Anorexia, Depression
• Sexual normalcy
• Sports
• Socioeconomic status

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Multicultural

• What is normal here may not be normal elsewhere.
  Both may work
• kibbutz
• Arranged marriages

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Scientific Method
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Butterfly Effect

• Definition A small event can have a large effect
• Freud studying with Charcot (shar-ko)
• Back to the Future
• Evolution
• Traumatic event
• But often the opposite occurs. Large events
  often cause small effects

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• Michael Hoerger
• To cite this textbook
• Berger, K. (2005). The developing person through
  the lifespan. New York Worth.
• To cite this lecture
• Hoerger, M. (2007, January 10). Developmental
  Psychology The Beginnings. Presented at a PSY
  220 lecture at Central Michigan University.