PSYC 3120 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Memory, Jean Piaget, Anxiety
20 Nov 2018
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Physical development: brain development, physical health, and senses. Cognitive development: intellectual abilities (memory, knowledge, attention span) Personality development: characteristics that de ne someone from one person to another. Social development: interpersonal skills, relationships, and moral reasoning. Developmental periods : prenatal period (conception to birth) One celled organism to a baby that can adapt to the world: infancy and toddlerhood (birth to age 3) Language and relationships forming, intellectual abilities: preschool period (age 3 to 6) Physical abilities develop, loses baby fat and grows, making friends, moral development increases: middle childhood (age 6 to 12) Learning about the world, in school, athletic development: adolescence (ages 12 to 20) Puberty marks the beginning of the stage, thinking becomes more complex/ abstract, social differences arise: young adulthood (ages 20 to 40) People leave home and nish education - full time jobs, decide if they want a family or not/intimate relationships. Physical declines starts in late 30s: middle age (ages 40 to 60)
