PSYC1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Delayed Gratification, Emotional Expression, Longitudinal Study
22 Jul 2018
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Developmental psychology is the discipline that seeks to identify and explain the changes in behaviour that individuals undergo from the moment of conception until they die. Children testing hypothesis and see if they work or not. Physical growth including sensation and perception and motor skills. In the population there is genetic variation, so different response. Environment for learning (not sure will you actually get the second one) Lab - interaction of children with an aggressive dog. Naturalistic - do not know the cause of it. Parents is not desirable as children behave better in front of parent to avoid trouble. Validity/reliability of tests (tests of children - modified adult tests) Data can be collected over a wide age range in a short time. Yields no information about past determinants of the age-related changes changes. Problem of "cohort variation" - each age group was born in a different year and therefore has experienced different environmental influences.
