PSYA02H3 Lecture 4: PSYA02 – Lecture 4 – Early Development
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Newborn babies are little people that do nothing when they are born except cry. Interesting how we go from a bundle of cell infant adulthood. The scientific study of biological, cognitive, social and personal development throughout the life span. Cross-sectional: used to measure and compare samples of people at different ages at a given point in time. Group c (80- yrs old: its much quick and cheaper, con: Cohort effects differences between that result from being born in different time periods. Difference might not be just age related, may not be related to the development or decline of memory systems. Nutrition, for example, what we have assessed to and guide to now can be different from those in previous periods of time. The difference that you see may have something to do with what they had experienced. Longitudinal approaches: times: follows the same group of people and compare them at different, e. g. 7 stages of development: prenatal: conception to birth.
