PSYC 250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Tabula Rasa, Jean Piaget, Developmental Psychology
19 Nov 2013
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2/23/2013 3:21:00 pm: research must be consistent with other disciplines. Adaptation: a trait that is designed and preserved by the process of natural selection because that trait confers a reproductive advantage in the environment in which it evolved. Evolutionary perspective; natural selection: an organism is designed for solving age-specific problems. Development happens in all species because all individuals die, allowing a niche to be formed for the new generation. Vital information is obtained from examining a species-typical. Environment: an environment that provides the features that the genome needs or expects in order to develop typically: environments that are universal to humans, differences or deviations from this ste may/may not effect the development of that child. Provides insight into the psychological processes of an adult: yields clues about developmental components and processes, stages of development (piaget) Interactions with child development aids parenting as well as education systems: examples; 4th century b. c. e; writings of aristotle and plato.
