the lifespan Important Issues: Nature vs. Nurture ‚ Stability vs. Change‚ Continuity vs. Stage Research Methods: 1.Longitudinal Method: Study one group of people over long period of time 2.Cross-Sectional Method: Study different age groups at the same time Prenatal Development Three Stages: 1.Germinal Stage: Zygote -Conception to 2 weeks 2.Embryonic Stage -2 weeks to 2 months 3.Fetal Stage -2 months to birth Prenatal Nutrition: Teratogens Motor Development *Cephalocaudal - Development
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Pervasive Developmental Disorders The Pervasive Developmental Disorders are characterized by varying degrees of impairment in communication skills‚ social interactions‚ and by restricted‚ repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior. According to the definition set forth in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) (1994)‚ "Pervasive Developmental Disorders are characterized by severe and pervasive impairment in several areas of development: social interaction skills
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different stages in the cognitive development that the child passes through‚ each one with new abilities. The four stages are- Sensorimotor Stage (Birth-2 yrs.) Best known as the object permanence‚ for example the child knows that an item such as a toy still exists‚ even if it is taken out of eyesight. Preoperational Stage (2-7 years.) During this stage the young child has the capability to use symbols‚ for example an object can represent something that it is not. Concrete operational Stage (7 to
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Department of Psychology Social and Developmental Psychology 1 Extended Handbook Spring Term (Developmental Psychology) 2013 - 2014 Module Code: PSY020C152Y (Study Abroad PSY010C911S) Room: G033 Day/Time: Tuesday 11am – 12.45pm 1. MODULE DETAILS: Tutors 2. RATIONALE 3. LEARNING OUTCOMES 4. ORGANISATION OF MODULE
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[pic] MODULE BOOKLET Module Title: Developmental Psychology 1 Module Code: PY1002N Undergraduate students Session: 2012-2013 Semester: Spring * Programme details and lecture notes can be obtained on Weblearn: www.londonmet.ac.uk/weblearn London Metropolitan University Welcome to Developmental Psychology 1 (PY1002N). More information is also available on Weblearn where other course related information‚ including lecture slides‚ may
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1.1. Nature – nurture Nature refers to the inherited (genetic) characteristics and tendencies that influence development. It is the abilities that are present at birth‚ as well as any abilities determined by genes. On the other hand‚ nurture is the processes caused by our environment that influences our development. Everything is learned through our interactions with our environment and as a result of our experiences. In the past‚ hereditary and environmental factors were considered to be operating
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Media Journal The parent-child relationship affects us more profoundly than any other relationship of our lives. It is the foundation of all of our relationships and the source of our earliest understanding about love‚ intimacy‚ trust and security. This relationship can start to build one’s self esteem and self-assurance or it can scar us for life. For this assignment‚ I chose to analyze parts of two well-known movies as well as a tragedy currently being presented in the media. I believe that
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Smuts and his post 1948 successors can be considered a developmental state‚ this essay will consider two things. Firstly it will consider what is meant by a developmental state and what a developmental state consists of‚ and secondly it will consider the state of South Africa from 1948 onward‚ as developed under Smuts and other successors. Lastly this essay will discuss what legacy this left for a post-apartheid government. Developmental states initially ascended in Asian Countries such as Singapore
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DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH Just like most Americans HIV never really crossed my mind until someone I know had been diagnosed with the deadly disease. This person I know was just like any other person until they became a “junkie” and their sexual preferences had changed. According to studies the use of dirty needles and having multiple sex partners increases the risk of contracting a disease significantly. HIV is among the highest contracted infection in the United States‚ in Georgia there have been
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Developmental Psychology Reading Notes Pages 260-230 -children go from knowing no lang in the first year to producing and comprehending complex constructions in their 3rd year -language is a that emerges is a natural language that refers to any lang spoken on a daily basis by a community -acquiring lang is so common it isn’t thought of as a crazy achievement -change in lang and change in how others speak to them -do certain langs guide certain thoughts? -Generativity= producing
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