PSY210H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Epigenetics, Zebroid, Cultural-Historical Psychology
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Theories explain and describe growth, behavior and development and provides a coherent framework for studying and explaining patterns and problems of development. Norm: an average, or typical, standard of behaviour or accomplishment, such as the norm for age of walking or the norm for greeting a stranger. Cognitive piaget, vygotsky, & information processing. Behavioural/social cognitive pavlov, skinner, watson, & bandura. Ethological lorenz, bowlby, harlow, & ainsworth. Developmental health developmental psychology & population health. Children are rarely aware of the motives and reasons behind their behaviour and bulk of their mental life is unconscious. Behaviour symbolizes the inner workings of the mind. Is the foundation for the universal stages of development that every human experiences. Austrian development his theory based on clinical work. Listened to their accounts of dreams and fantasies. Development of the first 6 years occurs in 3 stages each characterized by sexual interest and pleasures centered around a particular part of the body.
