Developmental Psychology

After taking a general look at psychology and some of its major theories, we will trace psychological thought about the human life by focusing on human development. We will look at models of human development put forward by Saint Thomas Aquinas and other Catholic philosophers, Jean Piaget, Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, and Lawrence Kohlberg, as well as a few others. Students will not only learn about psychology, they will also learn a lot about themselves.

Thursday, September 29, 2005

Physical Development

When Does Development Begin?
Homunculus = little adult.
Belief that babies were just like adults except physical growth
Nature
Tabula Rasa (Blank Slate)
Belief that babies were born with no previous development are were completely formed by their environment.
Nurture
Physical Development
Patterns of Physical Growth
Head to feet
Center to periphery
Gross (large muscles) to Fine (small muscles)
Walking (9-25 months)
Creeping
Crawling
Standing with Support
Standing Alone / Walking with Support
Walking
Grasping Objects (9 months)
Full hand grasp reflex
Conscious full hand grasp
Use of Fingers
Language
Signs (sounds)
Telegraphic Speech = copying sounds & patterns without meaning.
Meaning
Grammar

posted by Jeffrey @ Thursday, September 29, 2005

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