Psychology 2410A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Operant Conditioning, John Bowlby, Zoology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2410A/B
• Professor: Sandra Hessels

Document Summary

Development: the pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues through the lifespan. Context: the settings in which development occurs. They are influenced by historical, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and cultural factors. Culture: the behaviour, patterns, beliefs, and all other products of a group that are passed on from generation to generation. Results from the interaction of people over many years. Ethnicity: a characteristic based on cultural heritage, race, religion, and language. ethnic comes from the greek word for nation. Socioeconomic status (ses): categorization based on a person"s occupational (prestige), educational, and economic characteristics. Also includes their power in a community"s institutions. Resilience: child who develop confidence in their abilities despite adversaries. These children display good intellectual cognitive functioning, sociable, easy-going, have a close relationship with a caregiver, are parented with an authoritative style, have connections to positive organizations, etc. 3 key processes of development: intertwined: biological: changes in an individuals body.