TOPIC ONE: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, AN EVOLVING FIELD March second, twenty twenty-six
HOW CAN WE SAY THAT A PERSON IS FULLY DEVELOPED?
DIRECTIONAL TRENDS OR PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT
CEPHALOCAUDAL DEVELOPMENT Head-to-Tail Development
PROXIMODISTAL DEVELOPMENT Near-to-Far Development
STUDYING THE LIFE SPAN: WOMB TO TOMB
DIFFERENT AREAS OF A PERSON'S DEVELOPMENT
TOPIC THREE: PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPMENT by Elizabeth Hurlock
TOPIC FOUR: THEORIES ON DEVELOPMENT by Elizabeth Hurlock
LAW, THEORY, HYPOTHESIS, TAXONOMY Differences and Similarities
PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVE
PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT by Sigmund Freud.
PSYCHOANALYTIC DEVELOPMENT by Sigmund Freud.
PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT by Erik Erikson
• Key Takeaways from Erikson's Theory:
Importance of Erikson's Theory: •
TOPIC Five: LEARNING PERSPECTIVE
BEHAVIORISM Learning Through Experience
OPERANT CONDITIONING by B.F. Skinner (nineteen zero four - nineteen ninety)
SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY by Albert Bandura (nineteen twenty-five - twenty twenty-one)
BEHAVIORISM VS SOCIAL LEARNING
TOPIC Six: COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE
JEAN PIAGET'S THEORY OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
Four Stages of Development
Three. Stage Two - Preoperational Period: Early Childhood (two to seven years old)
Four. Stage Three - Concrete Operations Period: Middle Childhood (seven to eleven years old)
Five. Stage Four - Formal Operations Period: Adolescence (twelve to adult)
The Implications of Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development
TOPIC Seven: PIAGET AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT
TOPIC Eight: Lev Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory
Lev Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory
View of Human Development
Key Ideas in Vygotsky's Theory
Zone of Proximal Development
Impact of Vygotsky's Theory
INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPROACH
How Does the Brain Process Information
Key Findings from Information-Processing Research
Criticisms of the Information-Processing Approach
COMPARING THREE COGNITIVE THEORIES
TOPIC Nine: Contextual Perspective March nineteen, twenty twenty-six
ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS THEORY By Urie Bronfenbrenner
Factors Operating at Different Levels
MESOSYSTEM Connections Between Microsystems
EXOSYSTEM Indirect Influences
Cultural and Societal Influences
CHRONOSYSTEM Changes Over Time
Comparing the Contextual Perspective to Other Theories
TOPIC Ten: Research Characteristics March thirty, twenty twenty-six
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
The Scientific Method in Quantitative Research
Four Types of Questions in Qualitative Research
Types of Sampling Methods.
Sampling in Qualitative Research.
FORMS OF DATA COLLECTION.
Pros and Cons of Self-Reports.
Two Types of Observation:
Behavioral or Performance Measures.
CHOOSING THE RIGHT DATA COLLECTION METHOD.
EVALUATING RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES.
Strengths of Qualitative Research.
Limitations of Qualitative Research.
Limitations of Quantitative Research.
Case Studies Studying Individuals In Depth-Bakit Nangyari?
Ethnographic Studies Studying Cultures and Social Groups.
Correlational Studies Finding Relationships Between Variables.
Experimental Studies Testing Cause and Effect.
DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNS.
Sequential Studies Combining Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Approaches.
Comparing the Three Research Designs.
Why do Research Ethics Matter?
The Role of Institutional Review Boards
THREE MAIN PRINCIPLES IN RESEARCH
Respect for Participants' Autonomy Right to Make Their Own Choices
SPECIAL ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR RESEARCH WITH CHILDREN
• Key Ethical Guidelines for Research with Children
AVOIDING DECEPTION AND PROTECTING PRIVACY