PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: List Of Memory Biases, Ecological Validity, Lev Vygotsky
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Field of study that tries to account fo rhte changes that happen across a person"s lifetime: child development looks at changes happening in childhood, in both cases they outline changes that happen in all aspects of developmetn. Researchers trie to describe or outline the changes that happen in development. Try to figure out the processess that underly these changes. The scientific study of child psyhcology is fairly new. First to show that children can be scientifically examined. Appreciation of childhood as important to development is relatively new. Children were not as valued before as they are now due to lack of knowledge of diseases children died in first few months of helt. First persont to publisha book aobut his time of development. According to him people"s attitude about children are progressive and these changes occur with changes in society and economy: children less valued because of short life expectancy.
