+
Related Flashcards
Cards In This Set
| Front | Back |
|
Science of human development
|
How and why people- all kinds of people, everywhere- change or remain the same over time.
|
|
Empirical
|
Based on data, on many experiences, on demonstractions, on facts; not theoretical.
|
|
Dynamic-systems theory
|
A view of human development as always changing. Life is ongoing interaction.
|
|
Ecological-systems approach
|
A vision of how human development should be studied, with the person considered in all the contexts and interaction that constitue a life.
|
|
Microsysterms
|
Elements of the person's immediate surroundings, such as family and peer group.
|
|
Exosystems
|
Local instituations as school and church.
|
|
Macrosystems
|
The larger social setting, including cultural values, economic policies, and political processes.
|
|
Chronosystem
|
Historical conditions
|
|
Mesosystem
|
Connections between systems or between parts of a single system.
|
|
Multidirectional
|
Change occurs in every direction.
|
|
Multicontextual
|
Human lives are embedded in many contexts.
|
|
Multicultural
|
Many cultures affects how people develop.
|
|
Multidisciplinary
|
Numerous academic fields contribute data and insights.
|
|
Plasticity
|
Every individual can be altered at any point of the life span.
|
|
Butterfly effect
|
The idea that a small effect or thing can have a large impact.
|
