PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Color Vision, Glossary Of Sheep Husbandry, Visual Acuity

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Dwayne Pare

Document Summary

Requires caretaker and help to do everything in comparison to the children of animals (some are already ighing for their life, preying on other animals, etc. ) Time lapse video: many lines of development, rate of development, stages. The scieniic study of biological, cogniive, social, and personality development throughout the life span: not only focused on infants; development between stages . A major issue in developmental psychology is the nature-versus-nurture quesion: not really versus , our traits result from a combinaion of geneics (nature) and our environment (nurture) Cross-secional approach: diferent groups compared at one ime: quick, cheaper method, cohort efects: you may ind a diference between the groups but it may not just be age- related , there may be something diferent at play such as. Longitudinal approach: same group compared at diferent ime: slow may be potenially due to developmental psychology, people drop out, people die.