PSYC105 Lecture 1: WEEK 1 - INTRODUCTION TO DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
14 Aug 2018
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What is developmental psychology? (cid:862)ho(cid:449) a(cid:374)d (cid:449)h(cid:455) (cid:449)e (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge(cid:863: the study of human behaviour as a function of age, change as a function of. Change and continuities: change: systematic changes are orderly, patterned and relatively enduring (e. g. crawling to walking, physical maturation at puberty) Milestones: continuities: refer to ways in which we remain the same or consistent over time (e. g. attachment from infancy to adulthood, temperament/ personality) Sensitive periods experience in the womb: blastocyst embryo foetus baby, sometimes, things can go wrong, genes, chromosomes, teratogens smoking, alcohol, drugs, illness, stress, placental failure, premature/ traumatic birth. Early experience: sensitive periods: term comes from the study of embryology (cid:862)teratoge(cid:374)s(cid:863) - timing of exposure critical. E. g. , facial anomalies in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Studies of romanian orphans who were later adopted: cognitive impairments are related to timing, but also duration of deprivation. Gene environment interactions: early experience critical and sensitive periods. Can be an oversimplification bonding example.
