PSYC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Coming Of Age Day, Menopause, Trolley Problem

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1200
• Professor: Launa C.Leboe- Mcgowan

Document Summary

Lifespan development: physical and cognitive development in utero, in infancy, and in childhood. Developmental psychology: the study of physical and psychological changes commonly associated with the different stages of our life. Involves measuring groups of people at a single point in time, but that differ in their age. Involves measuring the same group of people at different points of time: these designs are time-consuming and there is a high risk of attrition- the withdrawal of participants form a study over time. Cross sectional designs: have the potential confound of cohort effects: people that are different ages, also developed in different time periods. Developmental stages: lifespan changes proceed through patterns of stability followed by periods of more rapid transition. Sensitive periods: the points of rapid change that mark points of transition between developmental stages. The germinal stage: zygote: when sperm fertilizes, cells divide, forms a blastocyte. The embryonic stage: about two weeks to eight weeks in developing, rapid growth.