1. The Study of Development The main theoretical approaches to the study of development: the behaviorist approach, the organismic approach, and the psychoanalytic approach. The ecology of development: individual differences in development and the influence of the social context on individual differences in development. Research methods in developmental psychology: the experiment, observation, interviews, and questionnaires. 2. Physical and Motor Development Prenatal development: the embryonic period, the fetal period, and any risk factors that may arise during pregnancy. Birth and the newborn: the newborn's competencies. Motor development: main developmental milestones for posture, locomotion, and manipulation. 3. Perceptual Development Perception and Sensation. . Mental Development Mental development from infancy to adolescence according to Jean Piaget. In-depth study: the concept of development as adaptation to the environment, the concepts of assimilation and accommodation; the stages of cognitive development (sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational). 5. Language and communication development The most important theories on language acquisition: the innatist explanation, the interactionist explanation and the influence of the social context on language acquisition. Stages of a child's linguistic development: the prelinguistic phase, the first words, the development of grammar, and individual differences in language development. 6. Socio-emotional development and affective relationships Main theories on the development of emotions: the theory of emotional differentiation, the differential emotions theory, and the functionalist approach. Expression and recognition of emotions: Infant research and mother-infant emotional attunement. Affective development and attachment bonds: from Bowlby to Mary Ainsworth. Social development: Erikson and the eight stages of individual development. 7. Adolescence The adolescent transition: general aspects. Physical changes and access to formal operational thought. Social development: Family and Peer Group in adolescence. Le risposte dell'AI potrebbero contenere errori. Scopri di più