PSYCH 212 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Developmental Psychology, Academic Journal, Nonverbal Communication
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Understand the contributions of victor"s story (and other wild children" we went over in class) to the field of human development. Victor was the first systematic attempt to study human development by. Never learned to speak and showed modern features of autism. Genie, john (ugandan monkey boy , oxana the ukrainian dog girl. Know the formal questions posed by developmental psychologists. Example: changing from verbal to nonverbal communication. He erroneously thought sucking was learned, not reflexive. Grouped developments based off of correct and incorrect answers. Includes growth of the body, brain, sensory capacities and motor. Includes thoughts, feelings, emotions, memory, creativity, attention span, etc. Influences that only occur to a small number of people. A typical event that happens at an atypical ltime: What is meant by the term social construction?" be able to recognize examples of socially constructed terms. Periods based on subjective perceptions or assumptions. Examples: legal drinking age vs. legal voting age.
