PSYC 2450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Eyewitness Memory, Operant Conditioning, Parenting Styles
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Chapter 1: longitudinal vs. cross-sectional research designs; how to minimize effects of confounding variables. Chapter 2: bronfenbrenner"s ecological model; vygotsky"s zone of proximal development. Chapter 3: passive, evocative, and active gene-environment interactions; how genetic transmission for colour-blindness works. Chapter 4: effects of alcohol consumption on fetal development; effects of smoking on fetal development. Chapter 5: problems that occur during labour; problems facing preterm infants after birth. Chapter 6: the process of neuronal development; gender differences in sexual maturation. Chapter 9: scripts and how they aid memory; research on eyewitness memory. Chapter 11: strategies children use for word learning; language mistakes children make. Chapter 12: the process of emotional development (when children develop different emotions); stranger and separation anxiety. Chapter 13: self-recognition; marcia"s 4 stages of identity formation. Chapter 15: piaget"s stages of moral development; kohlberg"s stages of moral development. Chapter 16: baumrind"s parenting styles (authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, uninvolved); effects of divorce and remarriage on children.
