PSY210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Behaviorism, Tabula Rasa, Prenatal Development
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What is development the scieniic study of changes or coninuiies in an organism between iniial concepion and death. Field is highly interdisciplinary with important pracical and theoreical implicaions. Can a child"s personality be changes by early experiences in the womb- yes child psych. Do children with dyslexia have speech percepion diiculies (compare between children to igure out so yes it is child psych. Are senior more prone to false memories than young adults this dev psych. Fast food linked to childhood asthma and eczema not really either ; dev science not really psych. Child psych is subsecion of developmental psych that is another subsecion of developmental science (with a life span focus) Basic research seeks to understand development for the sake of science; do it for understanding; fulils our curiosity; You must read the original aricle and get all the data on the study before giving the parents an answer.
