Development DT

Why study child development? 

• education - helps parents/educators raise or contribute to raise children effectively 
• social policy - lead society to adopt wiser policies that promote chldren's wellbeing 

Development chronology

• period of life 
• > prenatal period 
• > infancy 
• > toddlerhood
• > preschool period
• > middle childhood
• > adolescence
• approximate age 
• > conception to birth
• > birth to 18 months
• > 18 months to 3 years
• > 3 to 5 years
• > 6 to 12 years
• > 12 to 20 years

Development

• refers to systematic changes and continuities that individuals display over course of their lives
• two major processes:
• > maturation - developmental changes in body or behaviour…