PSYC 1010 Chapter 11: Chapter 11

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Doug Mc Cann

Document Summary

Chapter 11- human development across the life span. Introduction: 2 major themes: transitions and continuity, development the sequence of age-related changes that occur as a person progresses from conception to death. Includes biological and behavioral changes: 4 major periods, prenatal, childhood, adolescence, adulthood. Prenatal development: conception occurs when fertilization creates a zygote one celled organism formed by the union of an egg and sperm. In nucleus chromosomes genes: prenatal period period from conception to birth, usually encompassing nine months of pregnancy, 3 phases, germinal stage, embryonic stage, fetal stage. Infants are active agents rather than passive organisms their motor development rests upon their ongoing exploration of the world and their surroundings. Indicate the median age at which individuals display various behaviours and abilities: parents become alarmed when their child is lagging behind, the norms are group averages, variation is entirely normal.