PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Dishabituation, Relational Aggression, White Matter

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Chapter 11: human development across the life span. Parents talk about their kids because of their level of attachment and interest in how kids have changed over time. Newborns and infants not as passive as previously thought: they observe and use adult"s behaviour to evaluate those adults o they can discriminate language, ex. English from french children affected by physiological, social and cultural factors during development. Craig kielburger: 12-year-old boy who started international organization (free the. Children) dedicated to the empowerment of children all over the world after reading about the murder of an ex-child worker iqbal masih. More people continue to work after 65 instead of retiring: in the past there was mandatory retirement (continues to exist in some professions) Development: sequence of age-related changes that occur as a person progresses from conception to death. This exchange occurs across thin membranes that block passage of blood cells, so fetal and maternal bloodstreams are kept separate.