PSYCH 3GG3 : Psych 3GG3 - Entire Course Notes

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 3GG3
• Professor: Mel Rutherford

Document Summary

England"s labour government had claimed to create a classless society however he believed that social class in england actually determined a child"s opportunities and eventual outcome. Created a longitudinal study following the same set of children at regular intervals over a long period of time to test this hypothesis. The films showed a lot of class stability and influence with some surprising exceptions. Developmental psychology the scientific study of recurrent psychological changes across the human lifespan, focusing on development from the prenatal period to early, but sometimes middle and late, adulthood. Hypothesis educated guesses that can and should be tested. Ask question -> do background research -> construct hypothesis -> test hypothesis -> draw conclusion. If hypothesis is false, try again, re-construct hypothesis, start from there. Development is inevitable; the death of an individual creates an available niche and mechanisms for bringing new individuals into the world evolve.