PSY 1102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Tachycardia, Social Change, Konrad Lorenz

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

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Lecture 2 the developing person chapter 5: developmental issues. Developmental approach: focus is on change over time (over life span) Developmental psychologists: many areas of study over lifespan. 3 issues: i) nature-nurture, ii) continuity vs. stages. Is change characterized by: continuity, a gradual cumulative change, a change in quantity, e. g. , skinner, stages, a sequence of discontinuous and qualitative changes, e. g. , piaget, kohlberg, erikson, stage theories. Have a dominant theme to behaviors at each stage. All children progress through same stages in same order: iii) stability vs. change. Research: personality traits seem to stabilize in adulthood, certain characteristics more stable than others, e. g. Innate traits are the most stable over time: the newborn. Innate responses: used to indicate response to environment, e. g. Gaze time, heart rate, sucking rate, head turning. Habituation is a decreased responding with repeated stimulation: results, newborns prefer sights and sounds that facilitate social responsiveness. Auditory: newborns hear well and can.