PSYC 2110- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 51 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Development systematic continuities and changes in individual over the course of life (b/w conception and death) temporary things excluded. Developmental continuities ways in which we remain stable over time, or continue to reflect on past. Developmental psychology psych to identify and explaining continuities and changes that individuals display over time. Developmentalist - any scholar who seeks to understand developmental process. Describe, explain, predict and optimise development (and intervene when it moves from optimal path) Normative development developmental changes that characterise most or all members of a species. Ideographic development individual variations in rate, extent, or direction of development. Development from constant interplay of bio and enviro. Evidence of parental devotion (physical affection, toys, games) 100 ad first steps to protect children through legal reforms. Art: infants and children begin to look and behave differently. Puritan belief in original sin (thomas hobbes inherently selfish) John locke mind of child is tabula rasa (blank slate) child is passive, no inborn tendencies (discipline)
