PSYCH 230 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Operant Conditioning, Mesoderm, Chromosome Abnormality
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Psychology 230 - study guide for examination i: be able to describe the major controversies in developmental psychology such as nature- nurture, continuity-discontinuity, and universal vs context-specific development. Is: are there differences in how we progress through development depending on our culture and the context with in which development occurs, be able to describe the normative (age-graded, history-graded) and non-normative influences on development. Normative- age-graded influence (example puberty, learning how to walk) Normative- history-graded influences (example economics, military, diseases, natural disasters) When you need to see how someone is progressing. To decide what you need to do to better something. Four assumptions in a life-span: perspective to development, development is a life-long process. At all age periods significant changes take place: development is viewed in an historic context. Normative age-graded influence (example puberty, learning how to walk) Normative history-graded influences (example economics, military, diseases, natural disasters) Non-normative influences (example traumatic divorce, mental health issues, injuries: development can take many directions.
