This bundle contains everything you need to know for the course "Childhood: Developmental Psychology" given at the University of Amsterdam. It contains all the lectures and the articles. The articles are integrated in the lectures. The following material is included:
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It is possible that domain-specific mechanisms designed by natural selection to deal with specific aspects of the physical or social environment (e.g. face recognition) evolved, though domain-general mechanisms are also likely to exist as a result of evolution (e.g. executive function). Constraints limit the type of information that can be processed and the way this can be processed.
........Read moreThere are three definitions of emotion:
Executive functioning has several definitions:
Socialization refers to the process of developing social and emotional skills across the lifespan and is a process through generations. In this process, people develop beliefs (1) behaviours (2), values (3) and norms (4) that are appropriate in society. It is essential for healthy social development (e.g. forming positive relationships).
Socialization has three functions:
The interaction between nature and nurture produces intelligent behaviour. The transactions are essential (i.e. parents change behaviour children and vice versa). The development of intelligence is continuous and there is a reciprocal interaction between the child with a biological disposition and the changing environment. This means that genes drive experience (i.e. genotype -> environment theory).
The
........Read morePlato’s paradox refers to children acquiring language without appearing to be taught it. This raises the question of how children actually learn a language.
Word segmentation is one of the challenges of learning a language (i.e. where does one word start and where does it end in a stream of sounds). One proposed mechanism of learning
........Read moreThe self-concept is something unique to a person. It consists of self-compassion (1), mindset (2), self-efficacy (3) and self-esteem (4). Children first view the self as something that is distinct from the body and children have some intuitive theories about the self. Eventually, the self-concept becomes stable with some fluctuations. It is influenced by culture and the developmental
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