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.