PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Informed Consent, Polskie Radio Program Iii, Research On The Effects Of Violence In Mass Media
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Psyb20 chapter 1 child development, themes, theories, and methods . Identifies and describes changes in child"s cognitive, emotion, motor and social capabilities from conception throughout adolescence. Attempts to uncover processes that underlie those changes and explain why these occur. Maturation: genetically determined process of growth that unfolds naturally over a period of time. 3 key issues pertaining to psychological growth: origin of behaviour (biological vs environmental, pattern of developmental change (continuity vs discontinuity, forces that affect developmental change (contextual vs cultural) Both influence human development but they disagree on relative importance on each. Gesell believed development was predetermined by biological factors: focus on maturation natural unfolding of development. Watson believed it is environment that shapes course of child development. But both interact to produce developmental variation in children. Continuity each new event builds on earlier experiences: smooth and gradual process, development changes add to, or build on, earlier abilities, quantitative changes.
