PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Synapsis, Parenting Styles, Longitudinal Study
27 Sep 2017
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Developmental psychology: study of how we change and fail to change over time. What is happening in people"s lives as they age/reach diff stages in their lives--> milestones. Headstart program which was believed to have helped but thru research proved otherwise. Sesame street improves school readiness for lower income children. We may have evolved to find children cute so we"d take care of them. Synapses occur often when we"re young, but thru synapsis pruning we develop further. Continuity: as we proceed thru life, we have little changes, gradually growing, Continuity: as we proceed thru life, we have little changes, gradually growing, experience and learning causes us to develop. Discontinuity: stage theories (piaget --> biologically prepared to be a certain thing at certain times of life), stagnant and then large changes (e. g. butterfly life cycle) John money/david brimer case: david was raised as a girl named. Brenda after a botched circumcision through the advice of dr. john.
