Psychology 2040A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Heritability, Folic Acid, Sickle Cell Trait

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2040A/B
• Professor: Terry Biggs

Document Summary

Development: systemic continuities and changes in the individual that occur between conception and death. (systemic=orderly, patterned, and relatively induring; so mood swings and other transitory changes in our appearances, thoughts and behaviors are excluded). Developmentalists: biologists, sociologists, anthropologists, educators, and even historians. It is any scholar (regardless of discipline) who seeks to understand the developmental process. Two important processes that underlie developmental change: maturation & learning. Maturation: developmental changes in the body or behavior that result from the aging process rather than from leaning, injury, illness, or some other life experience. The human maturational biological program calls for us to become capable of walking and uttering our first meaningful words at about age 1, to reach sexual maturity between 11- 15, and then to age and die on a similar schedule. It is partly responsible for psychological changes such as our increasing ability to concentrate, solve problems, and understands another person"s thoughts or feelings.