PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Erik Erikson, Peekaboo, Recapitulation Theory

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Gerry Goldberg

Document Summary

Development: sequence of age related changes from birth to death. Development is orderly and a cumulative process. Two themes of development: transition and continuity. Longitudinal study: groups of people over long periods of time in life. Very long, very costly, very tedious way to research. Cross-sectional research: study of different subjects at the same time. Embryonic stage: develop internal organs, nervous system (2 weeks, 2 months crucial development period) Fetal stage: heart functions, different cell types, baby forms (2 months-birth) Environmental factors are crucial to proper development (maternal drug-use, maternal illness, maternal nutrition) Adult schizophrenia can be avoid by proper maternal nutrition. Develop motor skills from head to foot (babies use sucking as first motor skill) Motor skills develop from centre-outward (middle, chest, arms, wrists, fingers) Development happens through sudden and rapid growth spurts (frustrating for a child because it does not make sense) Refers to characteristic mood, activity level, emotional reactivity.