PSYC 355 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Infor, Structured Interview, Scientific Method

• School: Chico State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 355
• Professor: Margaret Bierly

Document Summary

Development -- systematic continuities and changes in the individ over the course of life. Occurs b/w conception (when dad"s sperm penetrates the mother"s ovum, creating a new organism) and death. Developmental continuities -- ways where we remain stable over time or continue to reflect our past. Developmental psychology -- the branch of psych devoted to identifying and explaining the continuities and changes that individuals display over time. Maturation -- developmental changes in the body/behavior that result from the aging process than from learning, injury, or some other life experience. Biological unfolding of the individ according to species- typical biological inheritance and an individual person"s biological inheritance. We humans are so similar by our common species heredity, guides all of us through many of the same developmental changes at about the same points in our lives. Learning -- a relatively permanent change in behavior that results from one"s experiences/practice. Our experiences produce relatively permanent changes in our feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.