Lifespan development is the field of study that examines patterns of growth, change, and stability in behaviour that occur throughout the entire human lifespan.

It is a specific time during development when a particular event has its greatest consequences.

Cognitive psychology involves the study of internal mental processes—all of the things that go on inside your brain, including perception, thinking, memory, attention, language, problem-solving, and learning

Reliability is the extent to which the research yields the same results each time they are applied to the same issue. Validity is the extent to which a research methodology measures what it is supposed to measure.

ie. Pro - yes, it will teach them helpful skills on how to be parents
ie. Con - no, everyone should be able to self-determine how they would like to parent

Developmentalists assume that the process of development continues through every phase of life.
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Developmentalists believe that that we grow and change throughout our entire lives, however, our behaviours remain fairly constant.

One of the biggest questions in psychology is whether people are more influenced by nature or nurture. Nature refers to traits, abilities and capacities that are inherited from one’s parents. Nurture refers to the environmental influences that shape behavior (ex – substance use during pregnancy, peers).

id, ego & superego

Confidentiality, Informed Consent, Debriefing & Biases

ie Pro - yes, it would eliminate financial stress that could be caused by complications early on in pregnancy
ie. Con - no, they chose to keep the baby and the government/taxes should not have to pay for their choice

1) Teaching concepts of psychology
2) Researching growth of children
3) Assist parents, educators and other people who deal with children
4) Help with social groups and legal groups (often to decide if testimony given by children is accurate)

Biological, Cognitive, Socioemotional & Spiritual

Striving to get to the highest level that you are capable of (top of Maslow's hierarchy).

Clara & Wilfred <3

ie. Pro - yes, it would lower the possibility of transplants being rejected by the body
ie. Con - no, it has the potential of being a privilege of the rich and could be unethical

In continuous change, change is gradual and builds on previous levels. In discontinuous change, change occurs in distinct, separate steps.

Cognitive - school, reading, writing, doing a puzzle, math, etc.
Socioemotional - family, friends, colleagues, peers etc.

Classical conditioning is learning to respond in a particular way in response to a neutral stimuli whereas operant conditioning is learning to act deliberately in order to bring out desired outcomes.

Sample Size, representative sample, blind experimenters, operational definitions, experimental and control groups, & statistical significance

ie. Pro - yes, it would help minimize over-population
ie. Con - no, because it goes against human rights for anyone to dictate this

Life-long, Multi-Dimensional, Multi-Directional, Plastic, Historically-embedded, Multidisciplinary, & Contextual

Biological - skin colour, height, eyesight, diseases, pregnancy, aging etc.
Spiritual - praying, church, meditation, walks in nature, music etc.

Microsystems, Mesosystems, Exosystems, & Macrosystems

Survey, Observation, Interview, Case Study, Experiments, Topical

ie. Pro - yes, because our brains and decision making are still developing into our early 20s
ie. Con - no, some people have the skills and desire to start a family earlier and it is ageism