Psychology 1000 Chapter : Psychological development

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Prof

Document Summary

Three researchers, longitudinal study of children for 10 years. Origins of personality the level and extent of motor activity; the rhythmicity, or degree of regularity, of functions such as eating, elimination and the cycle of sleeping and wakefulness; the response to a new object or person, in terms of whether the child accepts the new experience or withdraws from it; the adaptability of behavior to changes in the environment; the threshold, or sensitivity, to stimuli; the intensity, or energy level, of responses; the child"s general mood or disposition, whether cheerful or given to crying, pleasant or cranky, friendly or unfriendly; the degree of the child"s distractibility from what he is doing; Most children could be placed in one of three groups: -> to a very large extend it"s a waste of time; the only thing we can impact is the environment. When children know their parents are fair and consistent.