PSY 1102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4-5: Jonathan Haidt, Erik Erikson, Puberty

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

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Parents: without biological parents = earlier (possibly because of stress: physical development, puberty process which our bodies undergoes major physiological changes to prepare for reproduction and sexual maturity. Boys - get payoff taller, stronger, more respect and control, take part in high risk activities. Our brain more damaged and addicted than adults, may irreversibly damage our brain pruning - get rid of unused neurons and synapse: cognitive development. C. 1: developing reasoning power: imaginary audience centre of attention of everyone around them, personal fable teens believe their experiences are unique they"re invincible, idealism highly idealistic, based on logical rather than reasonable - become dissatis ed. C. 2: developing morality: healthy morality important for well functioning society, 3 aspects of morality thinking, feeling, action, moral thinking. Work on 3 components (thinking, feeling, action: social development. D. 1: forming an identity: table 5. 4 not on midterm but on nal. If needs are dependably met, infants develop a sense of basic trust.