PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: 25 Live, Sexually Transmitted Infection, Social Intuitionism
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Human infant *most few children born helpless depend on parents (invest resources) Physical dependence sets the stage for social development continues throughout lifespan. Developmental psyc: study of human physical, cognitive, social & behavioral characteristics across lifespan. Cross-sectional: different groups of individual at a given pt of time cheap, easy, fast. Limitation cohort effect: differences btw ppl that result from being born in different time periods e. g. nutrition, medical advance; not scientifically strong. Longitudinal approaches: groups of individuals follow them via time attrition: participants drop out of study; long time. Transition from stages involves rapid shifts in thinking, behaving & types of abilities genetics. Sensitive period: exposure to a specific type of environmental stimulation is needed for normal development of a specific ability e. g. infant expose to languages for 1st few years. Prenatal; 38-40 weeks of pregnancy interfere with development. Fertilizaion & gestation: zygote: initial cell formed when nuclei of egg & sperm fuse.
