PSYB20H3 Midterm: B20 Midterm Notes
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Www. mcgrawhill. ca/support: is the pdf file version support nonsense, self-study option, say yes and then input access code. Why study child development: help children by: Minimizing harms: guirde policy, help caregivers, teachers, community workers, etc. Themes in developmental psychology: biology vs environment innate or naturally developing (maturation) vs being learned, pattern of development. Stages: qualitative changes leading to abrupt shifts: themes in developmental psych = 2 sides presented (and some middle ground where they interact) Talks abt whether human development is innate or naturally developing vs learned (ie: saw someone else do it, and thus you now do it) What"s the connection btw these 2 things what"s the process in which these 2 go together. Pattern of development o: individual characteristics vs contextual & cultural in uences, interactionism is compromise. Children choose context: differences btw children and the way that they develop (2 contrasting viewpoints, interactionism: rela to personality development it is.
