PSY2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Developmental Psychology, Object Permanence
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Note: our coverage of this chapter will be limited to: Study of how behavior and mental processes change over life time. Explain the concept gene environment interactions and nature via nurture. Be able to give an example of each. Gene environment interactions: impact of genes on behavior depends on the environment where behavior develops ex. Nature via nature: genetic predispositions may lead people to seek or create certain environments ex. Contrast longitudinal and cross-sectional designs, including factors to consider when using one design versus the other. Cross-sectional design: measures age differences not intra-individual change doesn"t tell us how people change over time longitudinal design: looking at the same individuals over time (best way to. Researcher might die before outcome of study. Define and give examples of schemas, assimilation, and accommodation. Schemas: mental representations of the world; knowledge structure. Assimilation: new info is interpreted in ways that fit existing schemas: ex.
