PSYC 2000 Chapter : DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY Notes
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The branch of psychology that studies the patterns of growth and change occurring throughout life: physical, cognitive, moral, social. 90% fluent in first language: 5 years. Puberty: females: 10 years, males: 12 years. First marriage (within the u. s. : female: 25. 1 y/o, male: 26. 7 y/o. 7, think of iq test development) and began interviewing children to help standardize. Jean piaget"s theory dominated the field for many years. He saw children as little scientists, exploring their world, and learning as a way of adapting to their environment. Assimilation: fitting new objects, events, etc. into an existing schema. Accommodation: modifying a schema to fit new events, objects, etc. Piaget"s stage theory: sensorimotor (0-2 years, preoperations (2-7 years, concrete operations (7-12 years, formal operations (+12 years) Sensorimotor: understand the world through senses and motor actions, develop object permanence. Preoperational: understand intuitive relations, thinking is egocentric, dominated by perception, only understand their own feelings, and empathize poorly.
