PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Philtrum, Preterm Birth
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Sequence of age-related changes (4 broad periods: prenatal, childhood, adolescence, adulthood. Examination of physical, cognitive & social development across lifespan. Physical: any biological changes that occur over time. Cognitive: anything related to thinking (problem solving, judgement, logic, etc. ) Social: inner personal relationships (initiating and maintaining relationships) Stability (persistent traits) & changes (continually changing characteristics; evolution ) Post hoc fallacy: easy in retrospect to say why something happened (monday morning quarterback duh if they hadn"t one that they wouldn"t have lost) Bidirectional influences: can"t tell which one caused the other, or which one came first. Cohort effects: generational differences (society, economy, technology, culture, norms, etc. change) Early experiences: what happens early in a person"s childhood can affect them (kids are more resilient than people think. Conception: women are born with all the eggs they"ll have. Men continue to produce sperm throughout life. (that"s why there can be problems when women are older) (it"s not the man"s fault entirely)
