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**Definition:** The scientific study of age-related changes in behavior, thinking, emotion, and personality. HGD Chapter 1 p. 2

= Examples: = The differences observed in individuals of different ages.



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Studying development helps you better understand yourself
We were all kids once, so learning more about how children develop and grow can provide additional insight in the person you have become. Studying development can also help you learn more about your future. By understanding the aging process, you'll be better prepared when you face issues associated with growing older. When Charles Darwin kept detailed journals of his children's early lives, he was studying human development. Studying how the elderly are affected by Alzheimer's or Dementia would also be considered studying human development.

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 * ‍H -** How
 * U -** Undeveloped
 * M -** Men and women
 * A -** Are created and grow
 * N** - Life‍

=In the News:= Depression may lead mothers to wake babies Penn State had a study on this. Depressed mothers are more likely to needlessly wake up their infants at night than mothers who are not depressed. According to Penn State researchers, "We found that mothers with high depressive symptom levels are more likely to excessively worry about their infants at night than mothers with low symptom levels. That such mothers were more likely to seek out their babies at night and spend more time with their infants than mothers with low symptom levels."

U.S. Rated 7th in Human Development WASHINGTON — The U.N. Development Program on Wednesday ranked Japan and Canada as the countries leading the world in human development, their people are enjoying greater economic and social benefits than anyone else. The United States was ranked seventh.

[|Babies Can Read Each Other's Moods, Study Finds] Researchers at Brigham Young University finds that 5 month old babies can understand what other infants are feeling. The researchers used an image of a smiling baby on one screen and an image of a frowning baby on another and played either a happy or sad recording, of a third baby, in which the tested infant responded to by looking longer at the appropriate screen. For a happy recording, a five month old baby looked longer at the smiling baby image. For a sad recording the baby looked longer at the frowning baby image.

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