PSY 3304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Developmental Psychology
5 Oct 2016
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Chapter 1: introduction: what is development? (in general) Orderly + relatively permanent changes (social and personality) Kids take around 7 months in general to establish attachment with parent/s or caregiver/s. When children are around 3 years, they learn to differentiate between the gender stereotypes: focus in this age is more on segregated achievements are based on engaging in activities. Over time kids lose the need to please their parents. Early stages of development in children is just focused on play and play. However, later on development is focused on achievements: this is because children come in contact with other, historical perspective on child development. During the 16th century, there was very little evidence about the way children looked. Children were just picturized as smaller versions of their parents. As soon as kids became mobile, they were taken into work firm and considered equivalent to adults in the amount of efforts. Children also attended same parties as parent (adults) attended.
