PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Longitudinal Study, Egocentrism, Lawrence Kohlberg
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Study of physical, cognitive, and social changes through the life span: nature/nurture, continuous/stages, stability/change. Biological growth sequences: maturation (nature) sets course of development, experience (nurture) adjusts it. He said: mind grows through interaction with physical environment. He said: there is a social task in each stage of live. He said: moral judgments build on cognitive development. Prenatal development: zygote, fertilization-2 weeks, rapid cell division, embryo, 2 weeks- 8 weeks, fetus, 9 weeks-birth, prenatal environment, teratogens-chemicals& viruses that can harm embryo or fetus development, birth defect dependent on b. i. Infancy: birth to about three years: most brain cells present at birth b, pruning of unused links. Increasing neural networks: produces motor & cognitive development, motor development. Assimilation-new experiences understood in terms of existing schemas f. iii. Accommodation-adapt current schemas to incorporate new information: piaget"s stage of cognitive development g. i. Awareness that things continue to exist even when not: attachment perceived h. i. Confidence vs. doubt: childhood: three years to puberty, preoperational a. i.
