PSYCH 3400 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Preformationism, Smart Device, Gated Community
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Development: the act or process of change over time or growth. Developmental psychology: the study of change over time in the mind and behavior. Emergence: a process whereby larger entities, patterns, and regularities arise through interactions among smaller or simpler entities that themselves do not exhibit such properties, example: Properties you get from interaction are different from the properties of the elements on their own. Understand the difference in how various theorist views change over time (i. e. , continuous versus discontinuous) Change over time: the idea that we change over time with cognitive abilities. Continuous: it is argued that change over time happens in a very continuous way. Discontinuous: contrasts a continuous view, in terms of cognitive development, discontinuous change over time happens in shifts. Be able to recognize the various periods of development. Middle and late childhood: 8-10 or 11 years. The number of years a person has lived.
