PSYC 2510 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Menarche, James Marcia, Prefrontal Cortex

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2510
• Professor: Agnieszka Kopinska

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Psych chpt 11 notes: human development across the lifespan. 2 themes that permeate study of human development are transition and continuity development is the sequence of age-related changes that occur as a person progresses from conception to death. Infants grow 3 times their birth weight in 1st year and 45% taller: maturation development that reflects the gradual unfolding of one"s genetic blueprint. Point in time: cohort effects occur when differences b/t age groups are due to groups growing in different time periods. Early emotional development: attachment: attachment close emotional bonds of affection that develop between infants and their caregivers. John bowlby (cid:862)atta(cid:272)h(cid:373)e(cid:374)t is a(cid:374) e(cid:448)olutio(cid:374)ary adaptatio(cid:374). (cid:863) Strange situation procedure where infants are exposed to a series of 8 separation and reunion episodes to assess quality of attachment. Separation anxiety usually appears around 6-8 months: research shows that attachment emerges out of an interplay b/t infant and mother, these attachments fall into 3 categories.