Why Study Lifespan Psychology?

PART 1-

Discussion – Why Study Lifespan Psychology?

4646 unread replies.4646 replies.

After looking over the chapters, reading the lecture material and watching the videos it’s time to get your impressions. Why do we need to study human development? What benefits are to be gained by an understanding of developmental processes? For this discussion simply provide some insights on these questions. As you do so cite your source (time in video or page in book or lecture reading) so other people can refer to it. After that ask a question that you thought of while looking at the material.

After your initial post, attempt to answer someone else’s question with material from the course and post additional replies to other students if something strikes you as interesting.

PART 2-

It’s time to tie together the material from the text, lecture reading and videos you’ve been studying. For this assignment you’ll be using the concepts presented in the material to answer the following question:

Which scientific methods are used to study people as they develop? In particular, what methods can be used to tap into the cognitive abilities of infants and small children? There are two parts, make sure you address both of them.

Part I –

Use examples from each part of the Scientific American Frontiers video to explain cognitive growth among babies and how the video illustrates the concepts from the text and lecture reading. I’ve included the link here again.

Scientific American Frontiers (S05E05) It’s a Kid’s WorldLinks to an external site.

Part II –

Provide examples from at least two of the other videos that demonstrate how different scientific methods are used to study development. Here again are links to the videos.

Concept Development in Children Links to an external site.

How do we know what babies are thinking?Links to an external site.

TED Talk about the Linguistic Genius of BabiesLinks to an external site.

Baby Brains: Unlocking Our Humanity | Rebecca Saxe | TEDxCambridgeLinks to an external site.

Requirements: This assignment has 2 parts please make sure that each part is in a different attachment.