DVP - Chapter 1

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Scientific study of processes of change and stability throughout the human life span
Human Development
Concept of human development as a lifelong process, which can be studied scientifically.
Life-Span Development
Growth of body and brain,
including patterns of change in sensory capacities,
motor skills, and health.
Physical Development
Pattern of change in mental
abilities, such as learning, attention, memory,
language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity.
Cognitive Development
Pattern of change in emotions, personality, and
social relationships.
Psychosocial Development
A concept or practice that may
appear natural and obvious to those who accept it but
that in reality is an invention of a particular culture or
society.
Social Construction
Differences in
characteristics, influences, or developmental outcomes.
Individual Differences
Inborn traits or characteristics inherited
from the biological parents.
Heredity
Totality of nonhereditary, or
experiential, influences on development
Environment
of a natural sequence of physical and
behavioral changes.
Maturation
Two-generational kinship,
economic, and household unit consisting of one or two
parents and their biological children, adopted children,
or stepchildren.
Nuclear Family
Multigenerational kinship network
of parents, children, and other relatives, sometimes
living together in an extended family household.
Extended Family
in which one spouse,
most commonly a man, is married to more than one
partner.
Polygamy Family Structure
Combination of economic and social factors describing an individual or family, including income, education, and occupation.
Socioeconomic Status (Ses)
A culture in which people tend to prioritize personal goals ahead of collective goals and view themselves as distinct individuals.
Individualistic Culture
culture in which people tend to
prioritize collaborative social goals ahead of individual
goals and to view themselves in the context of their
social relationships.
Collectivistic Culture
A group united by ancestry, race,
religion, language, or national origins, which contribute
to a sense of shared identity.
Ethnic Group
Ethnic groups with national or
cultural traditions different from the majority of the
population.
Ethnic Minorities
An analytic framework focused on
how a person’s multiple identities combine to create
differences in privilege or discrimination.
Intersectionality
A political and social movement
focused on eliminating racially based violence against
Black people through nonviolent protest and activism.
Black Lives Matter
standing for Black, indigenous and
people of color.
BIPOC
A grouping of humans distinguished by their
outward physical characteristics or social qualities from
other groups. Not a biological construct.
Race
Overgeneralization about an ethnic or
cultural group that obscures differences within the
group.
Ethnic Gloss
Characteristic of an event that occurs in a
similar way for most people in a group.
Normative
A group of people strongly
influenced by a major historical event during their
formative period.
Historical Generation
A group of people born at about the same time.
Cohort
Characteristic of an unusual event that
happens to a particular person or a typical event that
happens at an unusual time of life.
NonNormative
Instinctive form of learning in which,
during a critical period in early development, a young
animal forms an attachment to the first moving object it
sees, usually the mother.
Imprinting
Specific time when a given event or its
absence has a specific impact on development.
Critical Period
Range of modifiability of performance. Modifiability, or “molding,” of the brain through experience.
Plasticity
Times in development when a
person is particularly open to certain kinds of
experiences.
Sensitive Periods