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Contents of the course

Introduction

1. General overview of lifelong development


2. The role of heredity and environment in lifelong development and interactions
3. Theoretical approaches to lifelong development I
4. Theoretical approaches to lifelong development II
5. Infancy: The normal newborn infant, development and stability
6. Infancy: Motor development and sensory development
7. Infancy: Piaget's approach and information processing approaches to cognitive
development
8. Infancy: The beginnings of language
9. Infancy: Social development, personality development and individual differences
10. Preschool age: Physical development
11. Preschool age: Cognitive development, language and learning
12. Preschool age: Social development, personality development, Friends and family

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Lesson plan

o Definition and purpose of Psychology


o Areas of research in Psychology
o Historical review of the study of child development
o Definition and scope of Developmental Psychology

Definition - Purpose of Psychology

PSYCHOLOGY is the SCIENCE that aims to DESCRIBE and EXPLAIN the


BEHAVIOUR and the MENTAL ACTIVITIES mainly of man but also of other living
beings.

Research areas in Psychology

o Biological Psychology
o Cognitive Psychology
o Social Psychology
o Clinical Psychology
o School / Educational Psychology
o Developmental Psychology/Lifelong development
Biological Psychology

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Cognitive Psychology

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Clinical Psychology

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Social Psychology

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Developmental Psychology / Lifelong development

the scientific discipline that studies the developmental sequence of physical and
psychological changes that people undergo from conception and continue throughout
their lives.

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Historical background

o Three centuries ago: the child was a miniature of the adult.


o 17th century: The child was inherently evil so there was a great emphasis on moral
teaching.
o 18th century: (Rousseau)The child is naturally good and should be left free to develop
at his own pace.
o (Locke): the child is neither inherently good nor inherently bad but is born tabula
rasa, "a charter of good for inventory"
o The Industrial Revolution: it "wanted" the child as property and as a source of
economic benefit.
o The modern view: the child is a developing person with special developmental needs
that must be met.
o The pioneers of Developmental Psychology with the first studies showed that the
environment influences development.
Purpose of Developmental Psychology

o Growth goes through three phases:

A. development (subject of the course)

B. maturity

C. the accession or decline

o The development pathway study shall include


 What type of questions
 Questions like WHY

o To determine:

(a) the type and nature of changes in the different periods of life (from the
intrauterine period to senescence).

(b) identify the factors that create these changes

Questions

1. What is psychology?
2. What are the main research areas of psychology?
3. What does Developmental Psychology study?

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