PSYB20H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Erik Erikson, Psychosexual Development, Sigmund Freud
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Week 1 september 7 th , 2016. Chapter 1:introduction to child development: child development: the scientific study of systematic processes of change and stability in human children, organized around periods and domains of development. Social construction: an idea that is generally accepted to be real by a particular culture or society. E. g. , division of the life span into periods of development. Infancy and toddlerhood (birth to 3 years) Physical development: growth of body and brain, including biological and physiological patterns of change in sensory capacities, motor skills, and health. Cognitive development: pattern of change in mental abilities, such as learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity. Psychosocial development: pattern of change in emotions, personality, and. Influences on development social relationships: individual differences: differences among children in characteristics, influences, or developmental outcomes, heredity, environment, and maturation. Maturation: the unfolding of a universal, natural sequence of physical changes and behavior patterns.
