PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Fallopian Tube, Brainstem, Prenatal Development
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Module 10. 1: physical development from conception through infancy. Developmental psychology: is the study of human physical, cognitive, social, and behavioural characteristics across the lifespan. Cross-sectional design: is used to measure and compare samples of people at different ages at a given point in time. ~cheap and easy to administer, allow study to be done quickly. ~can suffer from cohort effects: differences between people that result from being born in different time periods. Longitudinal design: follows the development of the same set of individuals through time. ~suffers from problems of attrition, which occurs when participants drop out of a study for some reason, caused by losing interest or moving away. Sensitive period: is a window of time during which exposure to a specific type of environmental stimulation is needed for normal development of a specific ability. Zygotes to infants: from one cell to billions. Zygote: the initial cell formed when the number of nuclei of egg and sperm fuse.
