PSYB20H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Design Of Experiments, Eye Tracking, Structured Interview
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Chapter 1: introduction to developmental psychology and its research. Development refers to systematic changes in the individual that occur between. The complement of change is continuity, or ways in which we remain the same conception and death. Change cannot be properly understood without understanding the ways we remain the same and continue to reflect our past. If development represents the continuities and changes an individual experiences from womb to tomb, developmental sciences refer to the study of these phenomena and is a multidisciplinary enterprise. Understand two important processes that underlie developmental change: maturation and. Maturation developmental changes in the body or behaviour that result from the aging process rather than from learning, injury, illness, or some other life experience concentrate, solve problems, and understand another person"s thoughts or feelings . Learning relatively permanent change in behaviour that results from one"s experiences or practices. Most developmental changes are the product of maturation and learning.
