PSYC1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sampling Bias, Naturalistic Observation, Longitudinal Study

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC1001
• Professor: Caleb Owens

Document Summary

The importance of the early environment: how the first few years can shape the rest of your life. Language: how language is learned and how changes how we thinking. How to talk to children & how it affects their motivation and achievement. Social reasoning: understanding other people & evaluating their actions: lecture outline. Interpreting children(cid:495)s behavior in an experimental context. Developmental research methods and challenges: background. Developmental psychology: the discipline that seeks to identify and explain the changes (in behaviour) that individuals undergo from the moment of conception until they die. What(cid:495)s different about you now from when you were. How many of you think babies are actually quite sophisticated reasoners: all areas studied in psychology, e. g. psyc1001 lecture 1 developmental psychology. Physical growth (including sensation and perception) and motor skills. Mental or reasoning ability (cognition and learning) Certain developments in the frontal cortex or other parts of the brain: experience (nurture) Ses differences where poorer neighbourhoods do worse.