The past as prologue: An overview of a century of developmental psychology.

1994 ◽  
pp. 1-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross D. Parke ◽  
Peter A. Ornstein ◽  
John J. Rieser ◽  
Carolyn Zahn-Waxler
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
The Past

Motor development in infants and children

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Libertus
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Skill Learning ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Large Individual ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
The Past ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Motor development has been relatively neglected in Developmental Psychology over the past 30 years. A recent renaissance of interest in this domain provides new insights into the dynamic nature of motor development with large individual differences, the myriad of factors influencing motor skill learning, and the long-lasting and important implications of motor activity for cognition, language, and even academic achievement. These behavioral and observational findings raise new questions that need to be addressed by future research. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience is uniquely positioned to answer open questions about motor development and to contribute to our understanding of the processes underlying the variability, malleability, and generality of motor development. This chapter summarizes select current findings and hopes to stimulate future research using Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience methods.

scholarly journals The concept of encounter in psychotherapy and developmental psychology

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 105-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.V. Ermolaeva ◽  
D.V. Lubovsky
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Older People ◽  
Aesthetic Experience ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Advanced Age ◽  
The Past ◽  
Psychological Tools ◽  
The Aesthetic

The article discusses possibilities for application of the concept of encounter in two areas of practical developmental psychology — in the work with the aesthetic experience gained by people in the perception of artworks and in relation to mental health services for older people, for whom one of the most important activities is the recollection of their life. Authors take as basic the understanding of the encounter proposed by W. Schutz, who showed psychological tools to achieve it in psychotherapy, and R. May, who applied this concept in the psychology of creativity. The authors clarify psychotechnical tools to achieve basic aspects (openness, self-consciousness, responsibility, etc.) in relation to the work of psychologist with the aesthetic experience as a result of the perception of artworks, and recollections of the life in mature and advanced age. The importance of encounter with aesthetic experience is considered in the context of forming a system of means mastering our own emotions (L.S. Vygotsky). Authors stressed the importance of the encounter with recollections of the past for the growth of psychological new formations of mature ages.

Discovering traces of the past: Studies of bilingualism among school pupils in Finland and in Sweden. Olli Kuure. Oulu: Oulu University Press, 1997. Pp. 182.

1999 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 589-597
Author(s):  
Jakob Cromdal
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Sociocultural Theory ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Text Linguistics ◽  
Doctoral Thesis ◽  
The Past ◽  
Empirical Ground ◽  
Bilingual Development

This is a courageous book. Published as the author's doctoral thesis, this work strives retrospectively to “determine the significance of age in the acquisition of a second language” (p. 26). It has explicit interdisciplinary ambitions to integrate concepts and practices from various disciplines in which bilingual development is studied: notably, sociocultural theory, developmental psychology, psycholinguistics, text linguistics, and pragmatics. These multifaceted theoretical aims are anchored in an equally broad empirical ground, drawing on various types of data. Not surprisingly, the result is a theoretically intriguing, yet methodologically puzzling, approach to the study of bilingualism and second language acquisition.

scholarly journals Perspektywy, możliwości i ograniczenia badań łączących psychologię i historię nad edukacją i wychowaniem dzieci i młodzieży u progu nowoczesności

2021 ◽  
pp. 31-49
Author(s):  
Aneta Bołdyrew ◽  
Paulina Pająk
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Historical Perspectives ◽  
The Past ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approaches ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Historical Methods

The past three decades have seen a heightened interest in integrating psychology and history in educational research. The aim of this article is to present interdisciplinary approaches combining psychological and historical perspectives in research on education and upbringing of children and youth on the eve of modernity. Using the examples of research projects that blend historical methods with Lifespan Developmental Psychology and Social Psychology, the authors analyse their possibilities and limitations. This article brings a new perspective to the studies on childhood and adolescence, with a special focus on people living in the Polish lands at the turn of the twentieth century.

scholarly journals Sport and physical activity across the lifespan: “Sports Trajectory Questionnaire”

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-83
Author(s):  
Marta Moragas ◽  
Verònica Riera Batalla
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Pilot Test ◽  
The Past ◽  
Sport Activities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Activity Questionnaire

Activity and participation in sport have garnered a great deal of attention over the past few decades, due in part to growing awareness of the benefits they offer that lead to a better quality of life. This situation has opened up new lines of investigation in the sport sciences field, including the study of physical activity and sport participation according to the perspective of Lifespan Developmental Psychology, the approach that underlies this study. The aim of this research is (1) to design an instrument to collect information on individuals’ lifelong relationships with sport and physical activity (2) to implement the instrument through a pilot test to create profiles that can be compared with other variables, all in order to study the role that physical activity and sport participation play in a range of aspects throughout the lifespan. The results indicate the questionnaire was effective and capable of collecting data on the physical and sport activities of the members of the sample at different moments in the lifespan. It was also able to generate profiles that can be used to analyze the variables of participation in sport and/or physical activity in conjunction with other variable, thus offering a way  to measure the impact of physical activity on human development. Keywords: Sports trajectories; lifespan; physical activity questionnaire; physical activity profiles

scholarly journals Perspective-Taking: In Search of a Theory

Vision ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Geoff G. Cole ◽  
Abbie C. Millett ◽  
Steven Samuel ◽  
Madeline J. Eacott
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Social Attention ◽  
Formal Description ◽  
The Past ◽  
Imagery Debate

Perspective-taking has been one of the central concerns of work on social attention and developmental psychology for the past 60 years. Despite its prominence, there is no formal description of what it means to represent another’s viewpoint. The present article argues that such a description is now required in the form of theory—a theory that should address a number of issues that are central to the notion of assuming another’s viewpoint. After suggesting that the mental imagery debate provides a good framework for understanding some of the issues and problems surrounding perspective-taking, we set out nine points that we believe any theory of perspective-taking should consider.

scholarly journals The Myth of (A)typical Development

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel H. Forbes ◽  
Prerna Aneja ◽  
Olivia Guest
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Direct Result ◽  
Typical Development ◽  
Methodological Question ◽  
The Past

Over the past decade, the field of psychology has come under increasing fire for the replicability of purported findings, for the transparency of the methods used, and for the generalisability of the claims. In general, these criticisms have focused on the methodological and statistical aspects of published work. Herein, we focus on an underdiscussed issue: we highlight the importance of diversity of both our experimental samples and of our researchers within developmental psychology as a barrier to generalisability. Far beyond being a purely methodological question, e.g., of heterogenous sampling, ignoring the importance of context and environment in development implies risking to comprehend pivotal facets of development. Importantly, we discuss the harms done to community-building and to our own science's theoretical contributions, as a direct result of defining and maintaining misplaced "norms" or "typical" developmental scenarios. Finally, we outline how even small steps by individuals can be impactful, such as ceasing to request unsubstantiated comparisons to the Western "norm" in peer review.

Unconscious Fantasy and The Priming Phenomenon

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Erreich
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Mind ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Procedural Memory ◽  
Time Data ◽  
The Past ◽  
Unconscious Fantasy ◽  
Common Parlance ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Theoretical Pluralism

This paper is the third in a series of investigations into (1) the nature and development of unconscious fantasy, (2) its place in a contemporary model of mind that, parenthetically, suggests a possible solution to the problem of theoretical pluralism, and (3) its mode of operation in the mind. The aim of these investigations is to update the notion of unconscious fantasy, an indispensable construct in psychoanalytic theories that assume out-of-awareness mentation, and to situate that construct within contemporary views of mental functioning in disciplines such as philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and developmental psychology. At the same time, data accessible only through psychoanalytic work challenge these fields with findings that indicate the need for further investigation. This paper argues that experimental evidence on the phenomenon of “priming” lends support to one of the seminal claims in our field, one frequently attacked as an outmoded shibboleth: that is, that the past matters, whether encoded in declarative or in procedural memory. In common parlance, we are “primed” to respond to some situations in predetermined ways; the past primes us to experience the present in often unique and personal ways. There is evidence too that the priming mechanism and the encoding of subjective experience in declarative and procedural memory operate from very early in life.

Contributions to the History of Psychology: XIX. A Review of Selected Aspects of Texts in Child Psychology

1974 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 1291-1298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnold Leunes
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Child Psychology ◽  
History Of Psychology ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of

An in-depth look at 16 textbooks in child psychology was made. One notable outcome was 96 journal articles published prior to 1950 were cited in three or more instances. Some elaboration is provided for 36 of them. Second, these articles are found in a number of journals, though two dominate. Third, there are “classical” authors, persons who have made major contributions to the literature on developmental psychology. A fourth finding was that reverence for the past and reverence for bibliography in general varies widely in the reviewed textbooks. Finally, certain texts appear to include more of the major articles or “classics” than do others. Suggestions for further research are made.

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