DEP 2000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: 18 Months, Pragmatics, Congenital Disorder

• School: FIU
• Department: Developmental Psychology
• Course: DEP 2000
• Professor: Laura Santiago

Document Summary

Physical development involving the body"s physical makeup, including the brain, nervous system, muscles and senses, and need for food & drink. Cognitive development the ways that growth & change in intellectual capabilities influence a person"s behavior. Personality development involving the ways that the enduring characteristics that differentiate one person from another change over the life"s span. Social development the way in which individuals interactions with others & their social relationships grow, change & remain stable over the course of life. Cohort a group of people born at around the same time. Sensitive period a specific, but limited, time, usually early in an organisms life, during which the organism is particularly susceptible to environmental influences relating to some particular facet of development. Critical period a specific time during development when a particular event has its greatest consequences & the presence of certain kinds of environmental stimuli are necessary for development to proceed normally. Nature traits, abilities & capabilities inherited from parents.