[PSYCH 211] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 109 pages long Study Guide!

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Office hours are by appointment only: prof= early in the morning mostly, tas are the ones who do the marking so they are the one to go to. Can be done with a partner (optional) Use google scholar (cid:498)child development perspectives(cid:499) journal (cid:498)developmental review(cid:499) journal. Summarize the media and talk about the developmental topic. Would have to know what they are doing to know that certain things are funny. What they have to do to understand. Developmental psych, human development and developmental science. Both scientific and applied study of children. How it changes or doesn"t change with age. Physical: changes in brain and body. Cognitive: changes of thought process and intellectual abilities. Theories: set of statements that describe, explain and predict behavior: framework of making observations, depends on scientific verification. Darwin"s theory of evolution (19th c: adaptivness of physical characteristics and behaviors, survival of the fittest. Konrad lorenz: imprinting as basis for attachments. Time period: critical period of development.