Psychology 2040A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: 5 Fingers, Child Development, Behaviorism

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2040A/B
• Professor: Sarah smits-bandstra

Document Summary

"an area of study devoted to understanding the constancy and change from conception (where the egg meets the sperm) through adolescence: adulthood =starts at age 25. Domains of development: physical, cognitive, emotional, and social. First words (need motor control of lips and tongue, speaking now lets you interact with people on a whole new level, and learn about your world in a different way: periods of development. 3 basic issues in development: continuous or discontinuous, continuous development: a process of gradually adding more of the same skills that were there to begin with (ex. Tree getting taller: both a child and adult have 5 fingers, but as you grow older is gets bigger and stronger. Jean piaget: he developed most of his theories about infancy and toddlers from watching his 3 children as infants as well as observations and experiments with preschoolers.