PSYCH211 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Prenatal Development, Lanugo, Thalidomide
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The field of child development: introduction, common goal for those studying this to describe and identify factors that influence the consistencies and changes in young people during the first two decades of life, interdisciplinary, domains of development. Combined efforts of people from many fields: 3 broad domains each influences and is influenced by the others. In many contemporary places, transition to adulthood has prolonged, hence this last stage that is beginning to be used: theories are vital for two reasons. Guide and give meaning to what we see. Serve as a sound basis for practical action understand and improve: a theory"s continued existence depends on scientific verification, periods of development. Cognitive: changes in the body, changes in intellectual abilities. Emotional/social: changes in interpersonal skills, emotional communications, etc . Conception birth: prenatal, infancy & toddlerhood. Beginnings of language, first intimate ties to others: early childhood. Sense of morality, ties with peers: middle childhood. New responsibilities that resemble those of adults: adolescence.