PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11.2: Personality Development, Longitudinal Study

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

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Motor development - the progression of muscular coordination required for physical activities. Cephalocaudal trend - the head to foot direction of motor development. Children gain control over the upper part of their bodies before the lower part. Proximodistal trend - the centre-outward direction of motor development. Maturation - development that reflects the gradual unfolding of one"s genetic blueprint. Product of genetically programmed physical changes that come with age. Developmental norms - the average age at which individual display various behaviours and abilities. Demonstrate that environmental factors can accelerate or slow down early motor development outweigh the differences. This fact suggests that early motor development depends to a considerable extent on maturation. Temperament - an individual"s characteristic mood, activity level, and emotional reactivity. Some babies seem cheerful and others seem sluggish. Longitudinal design - a research design in which investigators observe one group of subjects repeatedly over a period of time.