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PSYC 125 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Spring 2013 Section 51331
Dr. Bart Moore [email protected]
Office hours Tuesdays 12:00-1:00
PSYC 125 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Spring 2013 Section 51318
Dr. Bart Moore [email protected]
Office hours Tuesdays 12:00-1:00
Class will begin in 1 minute Please turn mobile phones off before we begin!
1/29/2012 Outline
• Introduction to PSYC 125
– Introductions
• Professor Moore
• Meet your classmates
– Syllabus
• Introduction to the ‘Connect’ system
– Introduction to Human development
• And the Life-Span perspective
Who is Professor Moore?
• Education
– BA in Cognitive Science from Hampshire College
– PhD in Neuroscience from UC Davis
– Postdoctoral study at UC Berkeley
• Teaching and mentoring
– UC Davis and Berkeley, & now NVC
• Scientific research
– Neural information processing in the mammalian visual system
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Professor Moore trivia: • Lived in 7 & visited all 50 states
• Enjoys: – Downhill skiing – Photography
• http://flickr.com/photos/bartbart – Music
• Plays guitar (I suck)
• Likes live music (a lot)
• Has some trouble hearing
Introductions: Meet each other
• Meet your classmates!!!
– 1.) Form a group of 3 people –make sure that at least one of these is NOT already one of your friends
– 2.) Exchange names & contact info
• email addresses or phone numbers
– 3.) We will return to this group of people in a few minutes to do an in-class assignment.
Syllabus: general information Syllabus: formal course description
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Syllabus: course format
Lecture, online assignments, and group activities
Syllabus: Textbook and online access
Homework: the ‘Connect’ system Syllabus: How you earn your final grade
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Syllabus: How you earn your final grade
Also,
Syllabus: Grades No curve Everyone can earn an A!
Syllabus: Odds and ends Stay healthy!
• If you get sick, stay home!
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Syllabus: Odds and ends Syllabus: Course schedule
Academic Honesty: Group activity
• 1.) Here are some examples of academic dishonesty. Give 1 reason why each is detrimental to a positive learning environment.
– Copying from someone else’s test
– Giving exam questions to someone in a later section of the class
– Copying a website to use in a written assignment, or using someone else’s ideas for your paper or presentation
• 2.) What can we as a class do to prevent students from doing each of the above?
• 3.) What would be an appropriate “punishment” for people who are academically dishonest?
• TURN IN ONE PAPER PER GROUP, including your names
Academic Honesty • No tolerance policy on cheating.
– Let Judicial Affairs sort it out.
• Space out on test days.
• Cover your answers.
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Any questions? Introduction to human development: The Life-Span Approach
Development: the pattern change that begins at conception and continues until death
Introduction to human development: The Life-Span Approach
Development: the pattern change that begins at conception and continues until death
Traditional Approach: emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescence, little to no change in adulthood, and decline in old age
Life-Span Approach: emphasizes developmental change throughout childhood and adulthood
The Life-Span Perspective
• Life Span: based on oldest age documented
– Currently 122 years
• Life Expectancy: average number of years that a person can expect to live
– Currently 78 years
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• The Life-Span Perspective views development as:
– Lifelong – no age period is dominant
– Multidimensional
• biological (physical),
• cognitive, and
• socioemotional dimensions
– Multidirectional – dimensions expand and shrink
– Plastic – capable of change
The Life-Span Perspective
– Biological: changes in an individual’s physical nature
– Cognitive: changes in thought, intelligence, and language
– Socioemotional: changes in relationships with other people, changes in emotions, and changes in personality
The Nature of Development
Developmental Changes Are a Result of Biological, Cognitive, and Socioemotional Processes
• Periods of Development
– Prenatal period: conception to birth (9 months)
– Infancy: birth to 18-24 months
– Early childhood: 2 to 5-6 years; play years
– Middle and late childhood: 6-11 years
The Nature of Development
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• 4 Periods of Development
– Adolescence: from 10-12 to 18-21 years
– Early adulthood: early 20’s through the 30’s
– Middle adulthood: 40-60 years
– Late adulthood: 60’s-70’s to death
The Nature of Development
• Four “Ages” of Development
• First Age: Childhood and adolescence
• Second Age: Prime adulthood (20’s through 50’s)
• Third Age: Approximately 60 to 79 years of age
• Fourth Age: Approximately 80 years and older
The Nature of Development
• BUT, there are different Conceptions of Age
• Chronological age
• Biological age
• Psychological age
• Social age
The Nature of Development
• Central Issues in Developmental
– Nature and Nurture
• Environment versus genetic predisposition
– Stability and Change
• How much do we change?
• How much do we stay the same
– Continuity and Discontinuity
• Is early development related to later development?
The Nature of Development
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1/29/2012 Outline
• Introduction to PSYC 125
– Introductions
• Professor Moore
• Meet your classmates
– Syllabus
• Introduction to the ‘Connect’ system
– Introduction to Human development
• And the Life-Span perspective
