PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Longitudinal Study, Dishabituation, Habituation
9 Feb 2018
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Development: gene environment interactions across an individual"s lifespan. Evolution: gene environment interactions across evolutionary history of a species. Development: changes and continuities that occur within the individual between conception and death. Maturation: biologically times unfolding of changes within the individual according to that individual"s genetic plan. Learning: relatively permanent changes in out thoughts, behaviours and feelings as a result of our experiences. The acquisition of neural representations of new information. Practice can make once controlled processes automatic ex. What way to look before you cross the street. Interactionist perspective- the view that holds that maturation and learning interact during development. Biological maturation restricts the timeline of learning from the environment. We also need to be able to learn from the outside world to mature- ex a child kept in the ark with no social interaction will have poor visions, social and speech skills. Changes occurring early in life are more dramatic than changes occurring later in life.
