PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dependent And Independent Variables, Jenna Boyd, Cognitive Development
8 Sep 2017
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Teaching assistants: jenna boyd, ainsley smith, sharmila sreetharan. Contact: send email from your official mcmaster email address, all email goes to our course email address: psy2aa3@mcmaster. ca, please use an informative subject line. Send email if: you would like help with note-taking or studying, you want to meet with a ta or dr. o. and you cannot make their office hours. Some topics in this class: how do we know whether it"s development, nature and nurture, neurodevelopment, perceptual development, cognitive development, socioemotional development. Avenue to learn: syllabus, faq, learning support articles, news/announcements, discussion boards, slides. What is developmental psychology: how do we change (or not) over time, what types of things do psychologists study, cognition, locomotion, nature vs nurture, goals, describing, what is happening, explain, why it is happening, how it is happening. Why study children: rapid development (always changing/transitioning, long-term influences of early experiences, how does your parent(s) affect how you turnout, real world applications.
