Psychology 2410A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Dionne Quintuplets, Arnold Gesell, Child Development

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2410A/B
• Professor: Christine Tsang

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By the end you should know the 6 major themes of developmental psychology. Developmental researchers study the development of change. Developmental psychology: the study of all the physical and brain based changes that occur across an individuals lifetime ex// physical changes. It is generally related to children as they experience the greatest amount of change over the shortest amount of time ex// triple in body weight over first two years. It is the development from when sperm fertilizes egg until death. Child development: a field of study that seeks to explain gradual changes in a childs motor, cognitive, and other abilities by describing the changes, and discovering what causes these changes. Both of these take imperial and applied approaches. What is changing (i. e. year over year, how is this individual progressing) What are the initial states of the individual (how did the individual start in life) How are we different from infancy until now.