PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Erik Erikson, Parenting Styles, Autism Spectrum

• School: Binghamton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 111
• Professor: Lanora Duell

Document Summary

Developmental psychs study physical, cognitive, & social changes throughout life span. relative impact of genes & experience on developmental (nature & nurture) . whether development is best described as gradual & continuous or as a sequence of stages. Researchers who emphasize experience & learning tend to see development as slow continuous process. Researchers who emphasize biological maturation tend to see development as series of genetically predisposed stages. fewer than of all fertilized eggs called zygotes survive. 1st week, cell division produces zygote of some 100 identical cells. Cells begin to differentiate to specialize in structure & function (cid:1005)(cid:1004) days after (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)eptio(cid:374), zygote"s outer (cid:272)ells (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e pla(cid:272)e(cid:374)ta & atta(cid:272)h to (cid:373)other"s uteri(cid:374)e wall. 9 weeks after conception embryo looks like human & is now a fetus. 6 months after conception, internal organs such as stomach have become sufficiently formed. & functional to allow prematurely born fetus chance of survival. at each prenatal stage, genetic & environmental factors affect development.