PSYCH212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography, Cognitive Development
14 Dec 2017
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Development: orderly, adaptive changes that humans (or animals) go through from conception to death. Physical development: changes in body structure that take place as one grows. Personal development: changes in personality that take place as one grows. Social development: changes over time in the wats in wwhich one relates to one another. Cognitive development: gradual, orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated. Maturation: genetically programmed, naturally occurring changes over time. Coactions: joint actions of individual biology and environment each shapes and influences the other. Definidng development, and the general principles of development. People develop certain abilities before others: does not necessarily mean linear or predictable, people might advance, stay the same for a period of time, or even go backwards. How do we form mental images of the content we"re learning. Hard to observe learning from a cognitive perspective. Some kids will be larger, better coordinated, more mature in thinking and social relationships.
