Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Oedipus Complex, Ageism, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- Dehoog

Document Summary

Developmental psychology: study of physical, cognitive and social/emotional changes throughout the lifespan, birth to death. Research methods: longitudinal same individuals are studied over long periods of time, problems: subject attrition overtime subjects drop out, practice effects ex. Conception: ovulation mature egg released and picked up by fallopian tubes, approx. 2000 reach egg: conception has occurred when one sperm penetrates egg. Prenatal development: zygote (fertilized egg) travels down the fallopian tube to the uterus, approx. Provides oxygen and nutrients: estrogen and hcg most pregnancy tests 95% 5 days before period is due; hcg hormone is what it detects, 8 weeks: heart is beating, brain is forming and facial features are recognizable. End of the first trimester: external body parts and internal organs have been formed, fetus is approx. Oz: now development will consist mainly of enlargement and differentiation of structures looks like a small infant that are already present, most risky time of pregnancy is at the beginning 3 months.