PSYCH 1XX3 : Psychology 1XX3 Notes.pdf
10 Oct 2013
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The continuities and changes that occur within an individual between conception and death. The biologically planned unfolding of changes within an individual. The relatively permanent enduring changes to our thoughts, behaviours, and feelings through learning processes. Development is the combination/interaction of maturation and learning. Present infant with same stimulus over and over and measure physiological response. Continue until physiological response drops back to base-line value. If there is an increase in physiological activity then the infant recognizes the new stimuli as new, if not the infant does cannot tell the difference between both stimuli. Sucking behaviour can be used to tell weather or not the infant liked the stimulus. Infant is placed in a looking chamber with two stimuli. Researcher measures which stimuli the infant pays more attention to. An individual may fail a task not because they lack cognitive abilities, but because they were unable to demonstrate them. Same individuals are studied repeatedly over a subset of their lifespan.
