PSYCH 2AA3 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Cognitive Development, Jean Piaget, Intelligence Quotient
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Another example is the effects of drinking and smoking of infants. If direction were unidirectional, we could conclude that we get more as we develop, however is this always true: could it be argued that we get less as we age. In neural development, it is called synaptic pruning, and connections in the brain that are not being used are pruned or reassigned. If this pruning does not happen there are actually cognitive developments: an article says that failure to have appropriate synaptic pruning can actually lead to autism. Coming up: research methods, quick overviews of behavioral genetics and neurodevelopment, perceptual development, midterm. John money was lying; he saw what he wanted to see: money had a confirmation and experimental bias, he was spending so much time with. If you can remain objective field observation can be very helpful. It will get you data that can help you calculate correlations. In all of these cases you cannot make causal statements.
