Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Neural Development, Attachment Theory, Lev Vygotsky

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

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Practice exam question: which of the following is similar to both anorexia and bulimia: lack of a stable sense of self, high perfectionism, high need for control, self-esteem highly impacted by body image, both b and d above. Answer: d self-esteem highly impacted by body image. Physical development: conception, prenatal development, teratogens, the newborn. Developmental psychology lifespan (from birth to death) to death: the study of physical, cognitive and social/emotional changes throughout the, in this class, we will talk about developmental psychology from conception, methodology for studying development. Research methods: longitudinal, the same individuals are studied over long periods of time, eg. to study children"s development, you would recruit a group of grade 1 students and follow them over 8 years, problems: Subject attrition subjects drop out of the study over time. Longitudinal vs. cross-sectional studies: you should look at the table that is in your textbook and be familiar with it for the exam, physical development.