Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - John Bowlby, Puberty

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Prof

Document Summary

Developmental psychology: developmental psychology, the study of how people change and grow over time, physically, mentally and socially, socialization, the process by which children learn the rules and behaviour expected of them by society. Maturation: the sequential unfolding of genetically influenced behaviour and physical characteristics, stages of prenatal development, germinal: conception, embryonic: implantation of the embryo, fetal: 8 weeks until birth. Prenatal development: harmful influences that can cross the placental barrier, german measles (rubella, x rays or other radiation and toxic substances such as lead, sexually transmitted diseases, cigarette smoking, regular consumption of alcohol (risk of fetal alcohol syndrome, drugs other than alcohol. The infant"s world: many infant physical and perceptual aabilities are present at birth, motor reflexes: automatic behaviours that are necessary for survival, perceptual abilities for sigh, sound, touch, smell, taste, newborn"s visual range of focus reflects about the distance between faces of infant and caregiver, can discriminate primary caregiver from others very early by sight, smell, sound.