PSY311H5 Lecture Notes - Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Behaviorism
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This is an infancy and childhood course. The research paper is a basic research paper. There are other branches as well such as cognitive psychology. Developmental psychology is a major theme that attaches all areas of psychology. Stanley hall, father of american psychology studied: the small child"s activities and feelings, control of emotions and will (white, 1992: for example, trigger of emotions. Includes affective, cognitive, and social aspects of development: we cannot study these aspects of development in isolation, they occur together. For example, perception and cognition have to develop before other attachments can develop. Social psychology focuses on how we relate to others and how others influence our behaviors, feelings and thoughts: sociology is different from this because it focuses on a group of people but social psychology focuses on individual. Because of an interest in children (questions such as what is my child supposed to do at age x: practical implications.
