PSY 2105 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Xyy Syndrome, Fetus
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Tabula rasa (john locke): latin phrase meaning blank slate used to describe the newborn"s mind as entirely empty of innate abilities, interests, or ideas. Navitism (jean-jacques rousseau): the theory that human development results principally from inborn processes that guide the emergence of behaviours in a predictable manner. Natural selection (charles darwin): an evolutionary process in which characteristics of an individual that increase its chances of survival are more likely to be passed along to future generations. Baby biography (charles darwin): method of study in which a parent studies the development of his or her own child. Maturation: the biological processes assumed by some theorists to be primarily responsible for human development. Ethology: the study of development from an evolutionary perspective. Imprinting: a biological process of some species in which the young acquire an emotional attachment to the mother through following. Sensitive period: a period of development during which certain behaviours are more easily learned.
