CAS PS 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Okeh Records, Cerebral Hemisphere, Motor Cortex

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Dunn

Document Summary

Development psychology examines bio, phy, psy and behavioral changes as we age. 4 broad issues: nature vs. nurture: to what extent is our development a product of nature (heredity/dna) or nurture (environment, critical vs. Critical: age range during certain experiences must occur for development to proceed. Sensitive: optimal age range for certain experiences to encourage development (if not occur, still okeh: continuity vs. discontinuity: Brain development: neural network develop rapidly (eg: cognitive and motor skills, 1) areas that regulate basic survival functions are first to mature, 2) association area (connects sensory + motor areas, 3) cerebral hemispheres (entire brain) become more specialized. Piaget"s cog(cid:374)iti(cid:448)e de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t: key of understanding in children is how they arrived at their answers, child(cid:396)e(cid:374)"s thi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges (cid:395)ualitati(cid:448)el(cid:455) (cid:449)ith age, (cid:272)og(cid:374)iti(cid:448)e de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t = (cid:271)(cid:396)ai(cid:374)"s (cid:271)iologi(cid:272)al (cid:373)atu(cid:396)atio(cid:374) + pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)al e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)es, cognitive development: Schemas: brain builds schemas (organized patterns of thought and action) mental framework that guides our interaction with the world.