Psychology 1000 Lecture : Maturation and behaviour

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Prof

Document Summary

Maturation: can be defined as the process by which the various parts and characteristics of an organism reach full development. Connected to behaviour = behaviour matures & readiness to acquire behaviour matures. For many behaviours to develop the person has to be mature enough and the opportunity has to be given to learn. Boys and girls mature at different rates (girls are further ahead) Boys sent at early stage and perform bad. Parents have to be ready to let the child acquire readiness. Noam chomsky innate capacity to learn language . Main way children learn to speak is imitating modern speech behaviour: parents should model appropriate language, parents should make sure children hear them properly, modeling agents of appropriate speech, baby talk vs. Developmental milestones :- (important to know the ranges) Roll over (2. 5 months to 5 months) : - a relatively restricted period of time which has particular importance with learning of behaviour: emotional.