PSYC 3404 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Child Ballads, Mental Age, Standardized Test
19 Aug 2016
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Development: studies that patterns of growth, change, and stability in behavior throughout the lifespan. Life-span perspective: development throughout entirety of one"s life, from the time of conception till death. Developmental milestone: when do you expect a person can do something, same order for most kids. Cohort: a group of people born around the same time in the same general geographical area. Generation: defined by years of birth, usually about 20-25 years or roughly the time it takes a person to grow up and have children. Age-graded influences: biological and environmental influences on individuals in a particular age group. History-graded influences: biological and environmental influences associated with a particular historical moment. Non-normative life events: specific to an individual events that occur during a person"s life at a time when such events don"t happen to most people. Contextual influences: events or factors that influence development. Chronological age: age in one"s years since birth.
