PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Lev Vygotsky, Mary Ainsworth, Teratology

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Developmental psychology: the study of human physical, cognitive, social, and behavioral characteristics across the lifespan. Requires methods for measuring and tracking change over time cross-sectional design measures and compare samples of people at different ages at a given time. E. g. compare people of different age groups to study cognition. Vs. longitudinal design: follows the development of the same ppl over time. Both have pros&cons: cross-sectional is cheap, easy, and quick but there are differences between people that result from being born in different time periods. Norms, culture, etc. longitudinal study pros&cons: following a single group of people for a long time is costly and time-consuming. Suffer from attrition, participants drop out of a study for any reason. Development is a progression of abrupt transitions in physical or mental skills, spread with slower, gradual change. Fetus development impacted by genetics & env (understanding nature vs nurture) Assuming u know how a zygote forms.

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