Blog Post 1

Although this is my third psychology class at Millersville, I did not learn that human development is multidisciplinary until I read the first chapter of the textbook.  This concept really grabbed my attention and I am very surprised that this was never referenced in my other classes. Before reading this section of the chapter, I did not realize how many other disciplines are required to fully comprehend human development and that various disciplines collaborate together in order to further understand the subject. I found it interesting that each discipline is responsible for one of the three domains of development: biological, cognitive, and social; then these domains are broken down into subdivisions of age groups. I was compelled by the way scientists in a specific discipline may make a discovery that draws the attention of those of other disciplines, who then further experiment with this subject to learn more. I was not aware that scientists of various disciplines worked so closely together to explore and discover these concepts. The textbook includes an example of this in which scientists make a discovery about monkeys which then intrigues psychologists who apply the discovery to humans. The discovery is about mirror neurons which can be applied to babies, autism, schizophrenia, etc. The fact that human development is multidisciplinary demonstrates the idea that when people of different walk of life come together for a common purpose, great discoveries and achievements can be made.