ITAL 2F00 Lecture Notes - Alarm Clock, Developmental Psychology, Psychopathology
12 Nov 2012
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Developmental pschologists were concerned with young kids in the 1800s. most colleges had 2 different courses in this area up until 1970. Later on, there was a big shift in developmental psychology it doesn"t just occur when young, but through all phases of life. In the 2000"s a large number of psychologists started studying college students as college students. Everyday you get older, smarter, and more competent. Very small changes everyday add up to a big change overall. Direct relationship. in another model, there are times in your life where this isn"t true. Something happens to cause dramatic increases in sophistication in a short period of time. not a direct relationship, graph looks a little more jagged. An example of this would be being able to speak for the first time. Another big example would be being able to walk for the first time. Both of these examples demonstrate a big life change, thus supporting the jagged graph model.
