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| Developmental psychology: Developmental psychology is a branch of psychology that studies the psychological growth and changes that occur throughout a person's life. It examines cognitive, emotional, social, and physical development seeking to understand the underlying processes and factors. See also Stages of development, Adolescence, Aging._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Psychological Theories on Developmental Psychology - Dictionary of Arguments
Upton I 2 Developmental psychology/psychological theories/Upton: In developmental psychology the debate centres around two main questions. a) Are children born with innate knowledge or skills or are these acquired from interaction with the environment? b) Is development driven by external factors or by something inside each individual? >Nature versus nurture. Cf. >Language acquisition/Nativism, >Language Acquisition/Empiricism. Upton I 7 Developmental psychology/Psychological theories/Upton: there has been a change in the focus of interest from development in childhood, to development across the lifespan. Lifespan Development: Initially, developmental psychology focused on the changes that take place in childhood. It was only in the early twentieth century that adolescence began to be studied as a distinct life stage. One of the first psychologists to study and write about adolescence was Hall (1904)(1), who suggested that this was an important period of change, typified by intense emotional turmoil, which he called ‘storm and stress’. One of the most important theories to suggest that psychological development continues across the lifespan was that of Erik Erikson (1950)(2). 1. Hall, G.S. (1904) Adolescence: Its psychology and its relations to physiology, anthropology, sociology, sex, crime, religion and education. New York: Appleton. 2. Erikson, E.H. (1950). Childhood and Society, New York: WW Norton._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Psychological Theories Upton I Penney Upton Developmental Psychology 2011 |
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