PSYCH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Precocious Puberty, Apgar Score, Tabula Rasa
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Developmental psychologists believe that human beings are constantly changing throughout life (from conception to death), not just becoming smarter or more experienced. Developmental psychology the scientific study of the changes of the mind and related systems throughout the lifespan: the snowflake analogy: Though no two of us are completely identical, many of us possess similar qualities and grow in the same way. Moreover, if we study the factors that shape one person"s development, we might be able to apply those to another person. Tracking/predicting typical development from conception to death from when you"re a zygote to death. Understanding the triggers and causes to typical development the trajectory you take, how triggers can have a lasting impact on you, how associations made at specific points of time can impact you. Examining non-traditional development in order to understand why it occurred and how it impacts the individual.
