PSY311H5 Lecture Notes - Repeated Measures Design, Longitudinal Study, Ethology
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Introduction: the child"s on psyche; the development of who he/she is as a human being. Social psychology focuses on how we related to others and how others influence our behaviours, feelings and thoughts. Because of an interest in children (questions such as what is my child supposed to do at. Why are children studied? age x? : practical implications: After many years of studies have resulted in average ages where certain developments occur in children, this is called milestones. Milestones include psychological attributes, language, motor, etc: theoretical implications: Basic research is to create and to just have knowledge. We may ask questions like, why is the order of language to listen and acquiring of language, then speaking, then reading/writing? or why are some behaviours so resistant to change? . Because of an interest in adults (questions about the nature and product of development in order to understand why adults behave the way they do).
