Chapter 1- Lecture I. Introduction 1. The science of human development seeks to understand how and why people—all people, everywhere, of every age—change over time, and how and why they remain the same. 2. Development is multidirectional, multicontextual, multicultural, multidisciplinary, and plastic. 3. The science of human development is empirical, meaning that it focuses on data, facts, observation, and experimentation. 4. The scientific method consists of five basic steps: (1) formulate…
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