PSY 2105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: 6 Years, Heredity, Erogenous Zone

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2105
• Professor: Brenda Baird

Document Summary

Developmental psychology: is concerned with changes in behaviour and abilities that occur as development proceeds. Description: identify children"s behaviour at various developmental points. Explanation: determine the causes and processes that govern developmental change. Bene ts of childhood studies: (why study children) Period of rapid physical, cognitive, social and emotional change. Early experiences are critical in in uencing later adult development. Useful for understanding complex adult behaviours and processes. Children are wondrous creatures that invite study. The rate of child poverty in canada has increased from 15. 8% in 1989 to 19% in 2013. Child poverty rates are nearly double for indigenous children, at 40% 1 in 7 canadians using homeless shelters are children. 2009: 55 000 children were victims of sexual/physical assault. Within the last 10 years, over 300 children victims of homicide. Infancy and toddlerhood: birth to 2 years old. Early childhood/preschool: 2 to 6 years old. An orderly, integrated, evidence-based set of statements that ; describes,