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Chapter 1: Introduct
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Development Psychology | The scientific study of growth, change, and stability in behavior and mental processes across the life span. |
| Life-span Perspective | |
| Biological/Physical domain | Body growth, senses, motor skills |
| Cognitive domain | Thinking, learning, memory, language |
| Socioemotional/Psychosocial domain | Emotions, personality, relationships |
| Socioeconomic status (SES) | Income, education, and occupation. |
| Emerging adulthood | |
| Nature-nurture issue | |
| Normative age-graded influences | |
| Cohort effects | |
| Nonnormative life events | |
| Critical period | |
| Theoretical Perspectives | |
| Psychoanalytic Theories | |
| Freud | |
| Erikson | |
| Behaviorism | Cognitive theories |
| Piaget | |
| Information-processing theory | |
| Social cognitive theory | |
| Humanistic theories | |
| Contextual theories | |
| Bronfenbrennerâs ecological theory | |
| Vygotskyâs theory | |
| Eclectic theoretical orientation | |
| Theoretical vs. applied research | |
| Descriptive research | |
| Experiment | |
| Longitudinal design | |
| Cross-sectional design | |
| Sequential design | |
| Cross-Cultural studies |