PSY210H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Tabula Rasa, Developmental Science, Puritans
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Developmental science looks at the consistencies and changes in young ppl during their first decades of life. Developmental psychology is interdisciplinary and includes physical,cognitive,social and emotional domains. Development is divided into 5 periods1) the prenatal period(conception to birth) 2) infancy and toddlerhood (birth to 2 years) 3) early childhood (2 to 6 years) 4)middle childhood ( 6 to 11 years) 5) adolescence and emerging adulthood (18: pg6. Three basic issues on which child development take a stand. Theories help us organize observations and verify it through research. Many theories and ideas combined help us learn more and the top three basic issues are 1) is development continuous or discontinuous: one course to characterize children or many courses, genes vs the environment, nature vs nature. Continuous gradual adding of the same types of skills that were there to begin with vs. discontinuous which means new way of understanding and responding to the world emerge at the same time.
