Week 9-Development Flashcards
Development Psychology
Study of human physical, cognitive, social, and
behavioural characteristics across the lifespan
Cross-Sectional Design
Examine people of different ages at a single point in time
Cohort Effects
Groups who lived during one period can differ in
some systematic way from groups who lived during another period
Longitudinal Design
examines development in the same group of people on multiple occasions
over time
Gene-environment
interaction
Impact of genes
on behaviour
depends on the
environment
where behaviour
develops
Historical/cultural and societal contexts
Transmission of patterns of beliefs, values, customs and skills to younger
generations – reflective of historic and cultural contexts
Stages of Prenatal Development
Conception (sperm fertilizes ovum).
Zygote attaches to uterine wall.
Embryonic Stage (Weeks 3-8)
Major systems, organs, structures of body develop in embryo.
Cephalocaudal and proximodistal development
Synaptogenesis
forming of new synaptic connections
Synaptic pruning
the loss of weak nerve cell connections.
Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive
Development
Children construct their knowledge
Schema
Cognitive structures or concepts used to identify and
interpret objects, events, information in environment
When a child can no longer assimilate new information?
accommodation occurs
Process of altering a belief to make it more
compatible with experience
Scaffolding:
Teaching style that matches assistance to
learner’s needs
Attachment describes
Close emotional relationship between two people; people we feel closest
