PS275 Chapter Notes -Neural Tube, Social Cognition, Synaptogenesis
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Chapter 1: introduction to developmental psychology and its research strategies. Development: refers to systematic continuities and changes in an individual over the course of life. By describing changes as systematic, we imply that they are patterned and enduring. Developmental continuities: ways in which we remain stable over time or continue to reflect on the past. Developmental psychology: branch of psychology devoted to identifying and explaining the continuities and changes that individuals display over time. 2 important processes that underlie developmental change: maturation and learning. Maturation: developmental changes in the body or behaviour that results from the aging process rather than from learning, injury, illness, or some other life experience. Allows us to be able to walk and talk by age 1, sexual maturity at 11-15, and then die. Partly responsible for psychological changes such as increasing ability to concentrate, problem solving, and understand other people"s thought/feelings.
