PSYC 2076 Chapter : Ch 1
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Ivf- in vitro fertilization: more than 1. 5 million babies are born ivf. Characterizing child development: the scope of the field. Age ranges and individual differences: age ranges, prenatal period (conception to birth) Infancy and toddlerhood (birth to 3: preschool period (3-6, middle childhood (6-12, adolescence (12-20) Social construction: a shared notion of reality, one that is widely accepted but is a function of society and culture at a given time. Jeffery arnett argues that adolescence extends into emerging adulthood: period beginning in the late teenage years and continuing into the mid-twenties, no longer adolescents, but not adult responsibilities, still taking on identities and engaged in self-focused exploration. Substantial individual differences in the timing of events in people"s lives: as children grow older, they become more likely to deviate from the average and exhibit individual differences, environmental factors become more potent, leading to variability.
