IB Psychology/Options/Developmental psychology

Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how our behaviour and psychological processes change as we pass through different life stages. There are 4 overarching headings in developmental psychology, which together contain 13 learning outcomes. Developmental Psychology General Framework GF1: To what extent do biological, cognitive and sociocultural factors influence human development? GF2: Evaluate psychological research relevant to developmental psychology. Cognitive Development CD1: Evaluate theories of cognitive development. CD2: Discuss how social and environmental variables may affect cognitive development. Social Development SD1: Examine attachment in childhood and its role in the subsequent formation of relationships. SD2: Discuss potential effects of deprivation or trauma in childhood on later development. SD3: Define resilience. SD4: Discuss strategies to build resilience. Identity Development ID1: Discuss the formation and development of gender roles. ID2: Explain cultural variations in gender role ID3: Describe adolescence. ID4: Discuss the relationship between physical change and development of identity during adolescence. ID5: Examine psychological research into adolescence.