PSY 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Prenatal Development, Zygote, Fetus
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Exam ll review: three questions asked about development. Our cognitive development is shaped by the errors we make: he believed that at certain states in childhood we acquire cognitive abilities, the advancements are the result of biological development amidst experiences with the environment. Chapter 5: gender, the socially constructed norms, roles, and characteristics (attitudes, feelings, behaviors) by which a culture defines male and female, biology of gender, puberty, adolescence begins with puberty (sexual maturation). Puberty occurs earlier in females (11 yrs) than males (13 yrs). The only characteristics out of 398 that showed large differences were in: Chapter 7: sensation compared to perception, sensation the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent (store) stimuli from our environment. Fairly passive (bottom-up: perception the process by selecting, organizing and interpreting sensory information so that we can recognize meaningful stimuli. Active process (top down: top down / bottom up.
