PSY 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Prenatal Development, Motor Coordination, Jean Piaget
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Commonalities we have at a certain age group. Nature and nature intertwined: biology plays a stronger role earlier in life, the further through life we are we have less in common with our peers, experience plays a large role. Continuity and discontinuity: continuity: every day, have a small amount of growth. Steps, change is abrupt from one stage to the next. What is there going on in the community etc. ex. Child soldiers, what is there happening in their community, poverty etc. that caused a child to become a child soldier: universal: more general. What is there about this age range that contributes to this phenomenon. Genetic disorders: rare, genetics counselors: person on receiving end of data challenging, there are genetic problems that don"t cause many issues. Environmental toxins: medications can cause problems, ssris double chance of autism in children, alcohol, mercury. Reflexes: survival reflexes, some get over ridden in the brain.
