FAD3220 8 29 13 Chapter 1 The Study of Human Development Theory and Research Human Development o The study of patterns of change and stability in human growth throughout life o Human development has the following characteristics Systematic organized Adaptive to internal and external conditions Life span development life long process What we will study Parents siblings schools neighborhoods communities o Prenatal Period conception to birth o Infancy and Toddlerhood birth to 3 years old o Early Childhood 3 years old to 6 years old o Middle Childhood 6 years old to 11 years old o Adolescence 11 to 20 o Emerging and Young Adulthood 20 to 40 o Middle Adulthood 40 to 65 o Late Adulthood 65 and over Influences on Development o Heredity DNA chromosomes genes o Environment o Maturation Contexts of Development Changes over time o Contexts environment philosophies institutions o Family o Socioeconomic Status SES o Gender roles o Culture Ethnicity Language Religion Geographic location Influences on Development o Normative Normative age graded influences Normative history graded influences o Nonnormative Influences Disease disability trauma Issue 1 Is Development active or reactive Affects the individual like a unique circumstances o Reactive view Mechanistic model people are like machines that react to environmental input John Locke tabula rasa a blank slate on which society writes o Active view Jean Jacques Rousseau noble savages who develop according to their own tendencies Organismic model people are active growing organisms that set their own development in motion
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