Psychology 2410A/B Chapter 1: Developmental Psych Chapter 1

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2410A/B
• Professor: Lynne Zarbatany

Document Summary

Prenatal period (conception to birth: focus on anatomical and physiological development. Infancy (first year to 1 ) Preschool period (age 1 to 4: speaking and memory improvement. Young school age (age 5 to 7: social and cognitive skills expand. Later school age (age 8 to 12: increased self-control, problem-solving. Adolescence (age 13 to 20: physical changes (puberty), increased risk taking. Young adulthood (age 21 to 30: commitment of a career. Late adulthood (60s onward: inherit wisdom. Quantitative change: is continuous change, implies more, bigger, or better; numerically different. Qualitative change: transformational, stage-like change; change from lesser to greater levels of complexity; structurally different. Global changes: similar developments occur at roughly the same time in different areas of thought. Local changes: different kinds of psychological capacities develop relatively independently of each other; no relationship between patterns of change. Nature: development due to biological factors; i. e. , genes. Nurture: development due to environmental factors; i. e. , family.