PSYC 100 Lecture 14: Psych week 14

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

Document Summary

Childhood development: is the same as all other stages, represents a period of slow growth, involves shaping a blank slate , critical periods of develop. Systematic changes in behaviours and abilities that occur between the moment of conception and death: change: continual and cumulative building blocks as we progress, effects of one age have ramifications at other ages. Early stages of development: most rapid, we know, crucial periods of development in infants and children. Teratogens are: like metachlorians, toxins, another word for alcohol, do not affect development. Teratogens: teratogens are anything that has an adverse effect on development, effects range from very mild to death, many only a problem if exposure occurs during sensitive period lifespan development: aging. Scientists have isolated a gene sequence that appears to determine how fast our bodies age. difference between: chronological age, biological age(genetic makeup and lifestyle factors ie if you smoke you look older)