PSYB20H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Status Quo, Clinical Psychology, Observational Learning
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The study of child development characteristics that remain fairly stable. Child development: study of systematic processes of change and stability in human children. Look at ways in which children change from conception adolescence, as well as. Social construction: concept about what is real based on societally shared perceptions or assumptions. 5 periods: prenatal, infancy & toddlerhood, early childhood, middle childhood and. Conception occurs by normal fertilization or other means. The genetic endowment interacts with environmental influences from the start. Basic body structures and organs from; brain growth spurt begins. All senses and body systems operate at birth to varying degrees. Ability to learn and remember and to respond to sensory stimuli are developing. Fetus responds to mother"s voice and develops a preference for it. Ability to learn and ability to remember are present, even in the early weeks. Use of symbols and ability to solve.
