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Developmental Psychology

Developmental psychology is the study of physical, cognitive, social, and psychological changes in people from conception through old age. It is important for understanding how humans mature at different rates through various stages of growth throughout their lifetimes. Developmental psychology examines how humans change and grow in their thoughts and behaviors across the entire lifespan from birth to death. Key principles of developmental psychology include that development proceeds from the head downward and from the center of the body outward, and that growth and development is a continuous process.

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Developmental Psychology

Developmental psychology is the study of physical, cognitive, social, and psychological changes in people from conception through old age. It is important for understanding how humans mature at different rates through various stages of growth throughout their lifetimes. Developmental psychology examines how humans change and grow in their thoughts and behaviors across the entire lifespan from birth to death. Key principles of developmental psychology include that development proceeds from the head downward and from the center of the body outward, and that growth and development is a continuous process.

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DEVELOPMENTAL

PSYCHOLOGY

WHAT IS DEVELOPMENTAL
PSYCHOLOGY
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF
PEOPLE'S PHYSICAL, COGNITIVE, SOCIAL, AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGES FROM CONCEPTION
THROUGH OLD AGE.

WHY DEVELOPMENTAL
PSYCHOLOGY IS IMPORTANT?
UNDERSTANDING HOW HUMANS MATURE REQUIRES A
THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF DEVELOPMENTAL
PSYCHOLOGY. HUMANS GO THROUGH NUMEROUS
STAGES OF GROWTH THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFETIMES.
WHILE MOST PEOPLE FOLLOW TYPICAL GROWTH
PATTERNS, OTHERS REACH DEVELOPMENTAL
MILESTONES AT A DIFFERENT RATE.

WHAT IS THE DEVELOPMENT


PSYCHOLOGY THEORY
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY STUDIES HOW
HUMANS CHANGE AND GROW IN OUR THOUGHTS
AND BEHAVIORS. YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW BROAD
THIS SUBJECT OF PSYCHOLOGY IS IF IT HAS TO
SPAN THE ENTIRE LIFE CYCLE, FROM BIRTH TO
DEATH. IT HAS GENERATED LIVELY ARGUMENTS
AND FASCINATING CASE STUDIES, JUST LIKE ANY
OTHER AREA OF PSYCHOLOGY.

BASIC PRINCIPLE OF
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY'S FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
ARE AS FOLLOWS: DEVELOPMENT PROCEEDS FROM THE
HEAD DOWNWARD, DEVELOPMENT PROCEEDS FROM THE
CENTER OF THE BODY OUTWARD, DEVELOPMENT IS
DEPENDENT ON MATURATION AND LEARNING,
DEVELOPMENT PROCEEDS FROM THE SIMPLE (CONCRETE) TO
THE MORE COMPLEX, AND GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IS A
CONTINUOUS PROCESS.

EXAMPLE OF DEVELOPMENTAL
PSYCHOLOGY
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY CASE STUDIES.
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY LOOKS INTO A
VARIETY OF TOPICS RELATED TO HUMAN GROWTH.
FOR EXAMPLE, HOW DO PEOPLE'S PHYSICAL,
VERBAL, COGNITIVE, AND MORAL ABILITIES VARY
AS THEY AGE? HOW DO THESE SKILLS EVOLVE OR
WORSEN OVER TIME?

BY: ANDREA JUÁREZ

DEVELOPMENTAL DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY WHAT IS DEVELOPMENTAL WHAT IS DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY DEVELOPME

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