PSYC 2000 Chapter : Psychology 2000 Exam 3 Notes
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What is developmental psychology: the branch of psychology that studies the patterns of growth and change occurring throughout life, physical, cognitive, moral, social. Important milestones in lifespan development: most first word around the world is usually some form of mama, development in the muscle control and part of it is that is takes a. Binet"s tests on parisian children: jean piaget"s theory dominated the field for many years, he saw children as little as scientists, exploring their world, and learning as a way of adapting to their environment. Jean piaget (1896-1980: born in switzerland, studied mollusks (phd at age 21, met simon (ch. 7) and began interviewing children to help standardize. Piaget"s theory: assimilation fitting new objects, events, etc. into an existing schema, accommodation modifying a schema to fit new events, objects, etc. Piaget"s stages: sensorimotor (0-2 years, pre-operations (2-7 years, concrete operations (7-12 years, formal operations (12 and up)
