PSY 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Malaria, Zygosity, Mendelian Inheritance
21 Nov 2016
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Y-axis: level of performance/achievement in domain. (physical, cognitive, psychosocial) gain-stability-loss . Modern view of development: development involves gains, losses, neutral changes, and continuities in each phase of the lifespan. > 6 years old have good motor skills. Age grade: socially defined age group in a society. We use for conferring status, roles, privileges, responsibilities. Basis for the social clock, which influences: our sense of when things should be done, our adjustment to life transitions. Ex: vote, join the army, buying alcohol, rent a car without paying extra fees, retire, graduate from college. How long can we expect to live: life expectancy: The average number of years a newborn can be expected to live. Born in the early 2000"s: about 78 years. 81 for white female, 77 for black female. 76 for white male, 70 for black male: historical change: differences between women and men between races have narrowed. But differences between high and low ses groups have widened.
