Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Cultural Bias, Menarche, Observational Learning

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Chapter 12 notes: developmental psychology issues and methods, broad issues: Nature vs. nurture: extent to which development is result of heredity or environment, how do both components interact. Critical and sensitive periods: critical period age range in which experiences must occur for normal development, sensitive period optimal age ranfe for development, normal development still possible outside of sensitive period. Stability vs. change: do characteristics stay the same or do they change with age. Ability at birth is constant across lifespan. Like discriminating high/low pitch: seeing objects distinct from ground, continuous change . Ability not present at birth develops over months and years, but remains relatively constant over age: stages. 1: motor development )shift from rolling to crawling standing to walking, cognitive development shift from nonverbal thought to symbolic thinking, inverted u shaped function. Ability emerges after birth, peaks and then disappears: separation anxiety, visual acuity, u shaped function. Ability present in early life, disappears and then reemerges.