PSY312H1 Lecture Notes - Tabula Rasa, Cognitive Development, Prenatal Development
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Developmental psychology is the study of lifelong often age-related processes of change. It includes social aspects of development, self, how family, peers affect the individual. It has only been developed since 18th century and early 19th century. Studies on development of adolescence and aging only began in 1960s and 1970s. Cognitive development: interested solely in the development of thought. Adolescence: 11 or 12 to 18 or 20. Adolescence is grouped under childhood because it is qualitatively different from adulthood. These separations do not always exist & even when they exist now, they haven"t changed much as piaget has originally outlined them (the stages of development) Preformationism: after infancy, children were regarded as miniature, already formed, adults. That effectively, children are no longer different from adult when they are out of infancy (birth to seven of age), at medieval times. At seven year of age, they start practising skills and get jobs.
