PSY 232 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Quantitative Trait Locus, Developmental Psychology, Foodborne Illness
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Developmental psychologists attempt to discover, while keeping in mind all humans are individuals with unique qualities. How membership in social groups affect development. Sensitive period less harsh version, there"s a period of time when you"re more susceptible to learn, may be easier or harder, but the outcome is easier to achieve ex. children can learn languages easier than adults. Case of genie if you aren"t exposed to any language, then it is going to be almost impossible to pick up on it later on. Discontinuous development happening in distinct stages; certain things have to happen at a certain stage or you will not move on to the next. Organismic model (active) people are active organisms, we initiate events (we are in charge of our own development), environment does not cause development, but can either benefit or not benefit you (what most theorists believe in)
