PS275 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Heredity, Preformationism, Tabula Rasa
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Development psychology: human change throughout life span. Is a sub area within development psychology: conception through to adolescence. Age periods: prenatal (conception to birth, infancy and toddlerhood (birth-2, early childhood (2-6, early childhood (6-11, adolescence (11-20) Changes over time in the structure, thoughts or behaviors of people as a result of both biological and environmental influences. Changes in body, sensory, abilities and motor skills: cognitive. Thinking, problem-solving, perception, reasoning, memory, creativity, language: social/ emotional. Changes in one area allow changes in other areas to occur. The relationship between the three domains all intercept. Interdependent, integrative: vs. modular / segmented, within the field there are different ways to look at the way things work. Theory: orderly, integrated set of statements that describes, explains and predicts behavior, any questions about kids before the 18th century they did not have any formal explanations.
