PSYB20H3 Midterm: FALL 2017 STUDY GUIDE- LECTURE NOTES + CHAPTER NOTES (1-4)
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Child development: focuses on the scientific study of systematic processes of change and stability in children. Provide solutions for many questions that parents are desperate to have answers to: choosing social policies. Make informed laws and policies to help all children: understanding human nature. Early childhood educator: support children"s early development in the classroom (up to age 6) 3 broad domains: physical development: growth of the body and brain, sensory capacities, motor skills and health, cognitive development: learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity, psychosocial development: emotions, personality, and social relationships. Able to learn, remember, and respond to sensory stimuli. Fetus listens to mother and prefers her voice. Uses of symbols and problem solving ability develop up to 2 years old. Basic body parts and organs form w/ brain growth spurt. All sense and body systems operating; brain complexity. Mental health risks are higher; drug abuse, depression, eating disorders, etc.
