developmental psychology Flashcards
1
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what is developmental psychology?
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Slater & Bremner (2011), ‘describes + explain changes which occur over time in the thought, behaviour, reasoning + functioning of a person due to biological, individual + environmental influences”
2
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what is life-span developmental psychology?
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Riffin & Lockenhoff (2017), ‘it examines patterns of change and stability in psychological characteristics across life course’