Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Prefrontal Cortex, Basal Metabolic Rate, Engagement

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

Developmental psychology changes in biological, physical, psychological, behavioural processes as we age. Cross-sectional design: compare people of different ages at the same point in time but the cohorts (age groups) grew up in different historical periods. Longitudinal design repeatedly tests the same cohort as it grows older everyone exposed to the same historical timeframe time consuming, and the sample may shrink, Sequential design: combines longitudinal and cross sectional - repeatedly test several age cohorts as they grow older most time consuming and costly, most comprehensive. 23rd in male is either x or y y has a tdf testis determining factor that triggers male sexual development. Six to eight weeks after conception, tdf initiates development of testes which secrete sex hormones androgens without sufficient androgen female development ensues. 1: mercury, lead, radiation, toxins, drugs fasd (fetal alcohol spectrum disorders) Mild to severe cognitive, behavioral, physical defects. Fas developmental abnormalities facial abnormalities, small brains .