PSY BEH 111D- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 50 pages long!)
5 Oct 2017
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What happens in early life is predicted of what happens in adult life/development: eg. No attachment during infancy affects their behavior during child development and affects the romance life during adult development: some correspondence/correlation of what happens in infancy to adulthood. To understand what infants or children are capable of. Inform issues associated with social policy (eg. reared in orphanage vs. foster care) What is development: development: complex, time consuming changes that alter the individual in meaningful ways. Persistent, durable, progressive changes; not easily modified once established. Becomes more efficient, organized, mature from infancy to adulthood: development differs from learning. Occurs at the same time regardless of culture or way of upbringing. (eg. onset of language: first words usually occur around the age of 12 mo across all cultures vs. learning an instrument at any age or learning a culture specific instrument) Themes of development: focus on theories and study of psychological development, nature vs. nurture: biological versus environmental influences.
