DEP-3103 Chapter Notes -Tabula Rasa, Phallic Stage, Oral Stage
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What is child development: child development conception through adolescence. : a field devoted to understanding constancy and change from: part of developmental science field. Difficult to define because it, by nature, looks at other fields of psychology and their research; change across the lifespan in cognitive psychology . Periods of development: prenatal: conception to birth. Time of most rapid change; turns from cells to a little human. Traumatic changes in the body and brain; emergences of variety of motor, social, and cognitive behaviors; perceptions get better; language starts forming; social connections start forming: early childhood: 2 to 6 years. Children learn about the world outside of just them; look more like adults; more capable and active; schooling: adolescence: 11 to 18 years. Body size, proportions, functioning of body systems, perceptual and motor capacities, and physical health: cognitive. Attention, memory, knowledge, problem solving, imagination, creativity, and language: emotional and social. Self-understanding, interpersonal skills, friendships, intimate relationships, and moral reasoning and behavior.