CLD 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Object Permanence, Tylenol (Brand), Contin

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Early Childhood Studies
• Course: CLD 101
• Professor: Julia Forgie

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Cld 101: human development (week 1: sept 12) Child development: the scientific study of systematic processes of change and stability in human children. Periods of development: divisions of lifespan into periods of development. Social construction: an idea that is generally accepted to be true by a particular society or culture. (concept about what is real based on societally shared perceptions or assumptions. Sequence of 5 periods: (western industrial societies: prenatal, infancy & toddlerhood, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence. Stability: example: child has learned to walk. (child has reached a millstone) Individual differences: differences among children in characteristics, influences, or developmental outcomes. Maturation: unfolding of a universal, natural sequence of physical changes and behaviour patterns, maturational processes work in tandem with the influences of heredity and environment, millstone that everyone goes through (example: learning to walk or talk) Single parent families or a child who grew up in an only child family.