PSY2105- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 25 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2105
• Professor: Alastair Younger

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Overview: developmental psychology and roots, issues in developmental psychology, chapter 1 (read before class on tuesday) Research methods: read chap 2, discussion, ho(cid:449) to study childre(cid:374)"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour, descriptive, correlational and experimental, how to study development, cross-sectional, longitudinal, cross sequential, other methods, ethical principles in research with children. Genetics and heredity: reach chap 3, discussion, basic principles of genetics and heredity transmission, chromosomal and genetic abnormalities, nature vs nurture, hereditary i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)es o(cid:374) (cid:272)hildre(cid:374)"s de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, traits, temperament, abilities, intelligence. Prenatal development: read chap 4, discussion, periods of prenatal development, factors that can influence prenatal development, environmental influences (maternal experiences, teratogens (drugs and diseases, prenatal stimulation. Attachment and emotional development: read chap 12, discussion, emotional development, early parent-child interaction, attachment, what is it, how does it happen and why, types of attachment. Aggression: read chap 14, discussion, the other story (video, discussion of video.