PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Pacifier, Dishabituation, Habituation
24 Jan 2018
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Psych 1xx3 module 1: development 1 e. g. human will grow first baby tooth at 5 months, start walking at 12 months, enter. Development - refers to the changes and continuities that occur within the individual between conception and death. The biologically-timed unfolding of changes within the individual according to that individual"s genetic plan. Genetic plans determine the timeline of development puberty at 12 years, and die at 80 years. Relatively permanent changes in our thoughts, behaviours, and feelings as a result of our experiences. The acquisition of neuronal representations of new information. Interactionist perspective - view that holds that maturation and learning interact during development. Biological maturation restricts the timeline of learning from the environment. Learning from the environment modulates the maturation of human processes. The interactionist"s perspective is central to developmental psychology. Most of human development occurs during the earliest stages of life. Changes occurring early in life are more dramatic than changes occurring later in life.
