PSYCH 1XX3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Prenatal Development, Zygosity, Rock Climbing
14 Aug 2020
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Introductory psychology focuses on the important role of rigorous scientific methods to understand the wide-ranging problems in the study of human thought and behaviour. Uses modern approach to understanding problems in psychology. Psychology 1xx3 considers the biological basis of thought and behaviour. Provide working framework with testable hypotheses and tools. Rich tapestry of knowledge for understanding pnb problems. Evolution gene-environment interactions across the evolutionary history of a species. Explores how these biological foundations interact with the environment to shape your sensory systems and behaviours critical to survival. Development the changes and continuities that occur within the individual between conception and death. Developmental psychologists are interested both in how you change, and how you stay the same. Maturation the biologically-timed unfolding of changes within the individual, according to that individual"s genetic plan. Influenced by specific environmental conditions that shape the genetically-determined processes.
