PSY 1102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Dementia, Object Permanence, Immune System

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Victor Emerson

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Develop(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal psychology"s major issues: nature nurture, continuity stages: what parts of development are gradual and which are experienced in stages, stability and change: which traits persist throughout life. Continuity and stages: development is a slow, continuous shaping process; but some see it as stages (biological) that everyone goes through in the same order. Stability and changes: lawrence kohlberg (moral development): goes through 3 stages from birth to death. Post- conventional morality (for some: erik erikson (psychosocial development): life has 8 stages of social development. Jean piaget (cognitive development): life has 4 stages. The competent newborn: babies have reflexes to root for the nipple when something is pressed against their cheek, william james: presu(cid:373)ed (cid:374)e(cid:449)(cid:271)or(cid:374)s e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e a (cid:862)(cid:271)loo(cid:373)i(cid:374)g, (cid:271)uzzi(cid:374)g (cid:272)o(cid:374)fusio(cid:374)(cid:863, habituation: decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation. Motor development: babies roll over, sit on their own, crawl then walk, (cid:1013)(cid:1004)% of a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)a(cid:271)ies (cid:449)alk (cid:271)(cid:455) the ti(cid:373)e the(cid:455)"re (cid:1005)(cid:1009) (cid:373)o(cid:374)ths.