PSYA02H3 Chapter : PSYA02 Ch 12
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Rapid physical dvlpt of both nervous system and body. Increasing ability to think logically and reason abstractly; refinement of motor skills; peer influences. Thinking and reasoning becomes more adultlike; identity crisis; continued peer influences. Love, committed rel sh; career; stability and then decrease in physical abilities. Reflection of life s work & accomplishments; physical health deteriorates; prepare for death; death. Cross-sectional study, a study of development in which individuals of diff ages are compared @ the same time. Longitudinal study, a study of devlpt in which observations of the same individuals are compared @ diff times of their lives. Prenatal period, the 9 mo. btw conception and birth. This period is divided into 3 developmental stages: the zygotic, the embryonic, and the fetal. X chromosome inactivation is one example of a factor that must direct the mechanisms of replication during the prenatal period so that cells that are genetically identical will devlp along diff paths.