DEP 2001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Developmental Psychology, Research, Informed Consent
10 Nov 2017
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Systematic changes and continuities in the individual that occur between conception and death. The growth of the body and its organs, the functioning of physiological systems including the brain, physical signs of aging, changes in motor abilities, and so on. Changes and continuities in perception, language, learning, memory, problem solving, and other mental processes. Changes and carryover in personal and interpersonal aspects of development, such as motives, emotions, personality traits, interpersonal skills and relationships, and roles played in the family and in the larger society. Three broad domains of development growth physical changes that occur from conception to maturity. More than biological aging: includes physical, cognitive, and psychosocial changes, positive and negative, in the mature organism. ________ change involves gains, losses, neutral changes, and coninuiies in each phase of the life span. First 2 years of life (first month is neonatal period)
