PSYC*1130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: World View, Continuous Function, Educational Assessment
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Introduction: developmental psychology can be defined as the discipline that attempts to describe and explain the changed that occur overtime in though, behaviour, reasoning and functioning of a person due to biological, individual and environmental influences. Concepts of human development: folk" theories of development - ideas held about development that are not based upon scientific investigation. ; (2) the contrary view is that children are born inherently good, a view that carries the implication that the use of physical punishment might be unnecessary, perhaps even harmful. Other qualitative changes happen to water when it changes from frozen (ice) to liquid (water) to steam (vapour). Baby biographies: diaries detailing an infants development, usually kept by the infants parents or caregiver. Time sampling: time sampling - an observational study that records an individual"s behaviour at frequent intervals of time, affect - emotional state or feelings.
