PSYC 2000 : Exam 3
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What is developmental psychology: the branch of psychology that studies the patterns of growth and change occurring throughout life, physical, cognitive, moral, social. Important milestones in lifespan development: walking and first word: 12 months, 90% fluent in 1st language 5 years, puberty: girls- 10 years; boys-12, 1st marriage (us): women- 25. 1; men- 26. 7 years, menopause: 51 years; andropause: 44 years. Jean piaget (1896-1980: born in switzerland, studied mollusks (phd at age 21, met simon (ch 7) and began interviewing children to help standardize binet"s tests on parisian children. Jean piaget"s theory- dominated the field for many years. Summary of piaget"s theory: piaget"s work was very important and very influential, however, new research indicates that he underestimated the capabilities of infants and young children. Gene: a section of dna: dominant- referring to a gene that actively controls the expression of a trait, recessive- referring to a gene that only influences the expression of a trait when paired with an identical gene.
