PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Toilet Training, Attachment In Adults, Fetus

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Heather Jenkin

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Researchers who emphasize experience and learning see development as a slow, continuous shaping process: those who emphasize biological maturation tend to see development as a. Stage theories considered: sequence of genetivcally predisposed stages or steps (everyone passes through the stages in the same order) Stage concept does remain useful span (by suggesting how people of one age think and act differently when they arrive at a later age) As people grow older, personality gradually stabilizes. Cannot predict all our traits based on earl years: some traits (social attitudes), are much less stable than temperament. We all change with age: toddlers begin opening up by age 4, openness, self-esteem, and agreeableness often peak in midlife, such changes can occur without changing a person(cid:495)s position relative to others of the same age. Life requires stability and change: stability, provides our identity. Enables us to depend on others and be concerned about children(cid:495)s healthy development: change (potential for)