* Synaptic Pruning: returns neurons not needed at the moment to an uncommitted state so they can support future development. Neurons that are seldom stimulated soon lose their synapses.…
While observing the children I noticed that one of the three were more aggressive and had a tendency to be the leader of the group. The “leader” of the group was mocking what he saw the adults doing at the barbeque by dancing and carrying on. This child was closely imitating his father; who was the “life of the party”. The remaining two children seemed to closely watch what the leader of the group was doing but would often stop and gaze over at his and her parents to seek approval.…
Theories of development: Cognitive- Piaget Psychoanalytic- Freud Humanist- Maslow Social learning- Bandura Operant conditioning- Skinner Behaviourist- Watson…
Developmental psychology is primarily concerned with the changes that occur during childhood and adolescence. Topics studied range from the control of movements, the acquisition of language, math and musical abilities, the formation of the self and the identity, the formation of emotional attachments, moral judgments and the development of problem solving and reasoning skills. More recently, the time span examined and compared within developmental psychology has expanded across the lifespan and now includes in some cases the changes associated with aging, even into the elderly years. Social psychology focuses on interpersonal behavior, how people (alone or in groups) think, act, feel, believe or behave based on social situations. This includes situations where they are actually being observed and interacting with others as well as when they are isolated and the observation and interaction with others is imagined or implied. Experimental psychology traditionally encompasses a wide variety of both human and animal research concerned with the general processes of sensation, perception, learning and memory. It does not necessarily concern itself with any underlying biological, chemical or neural mechanisms which support those processes and may not address those mechanisms. Physiological psychology, however, is concerned with the underlying biologically and chemically based mechanisms underlying psychological phenomena. The emphasis on function of the nervous system and hormones is so great that the term behavioral neuroscience has largely replaced the term physiological psychology. However, there is a difference between a strict neuroscientist and a behavioral neuroscientist/physiological psychologist. A neuroscientist's primary interest in the biological or chemical mechanisms of brain function at a cellular or molecular level with often little direct interest in how these cellular or molecular functions influence larger scale phenomena such as memory or…
Psychology 101 Review Outline Chapter 1: Introduction I. Basic Definitions (pg 3-5): A. Psychology - The scientific study of behavior and mental processes B. Theory - A general principle proposed to explain facts are related C. Hypothesis - A testable prediction about conditions under which particular behaviors or mental processes work D. Replication - Repetition of a study to verify research findings E. Goals of Psychology - To describe, explain, predict, and influence behavior/mental processes F. Basic (new knowledge) vs. applied (practical problems) research II. History and Types of Psychology (pg 6-13): A. Wilhelm Wundt: father of psychology, established 1st psychological lab in Leipzig in 1879, developed…
Francine Penny Patterson was born in Chicago, Illinois in February 13, 1947. She is the second oldest of seven children, her parents were C.H. Patterson and Frances Spano Patterson. Since she was little she felt attracted for animals and nature. In 1970 she got her bachelor’s degree in psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, two years later, she earned her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Stanford University.…
individual behavior, and has been used as a basis for many different types of research…
Welcome to Developmental Psychology 1 (PY1002N). More information is also available on Weblearn where other course related information, including lecture slides, may be found.…
Identical twins: show remarkable similarities, but only in characteristics your would expect: intelligence, temperament, gestures, posture and pace of speech.…
For Jean Piaget, children deal with and adjust to the world through twin processes he called:…
Developmental theories of child development are categorized as either stage theory or non-stage (continuous) theory. Both attempt to explain how each child is molded into the adult each will inevitably become. Stage theories propose that children make sudden shifts to different levels of behavior and perception. This way of thinking provides researchers with a set of guidelines as to how far children should be along in their development at different ages. It invokes a sense of “normality” and reassures people that their children are “on track.” It also serves as a way to identify if a child is behind where they should be in their development. Non-stage theorists propose that children’s’ development occurs more gradually. This idea of development…
Developmental psychology is the chapter of mental processes and learning of how people nurture and change over the course of a lifetime. “The changes started with newborns and children, it prolonged to include teenage years, adult development, ageing, and the entire life expectation.” (Bennett, 2010) The theories of human development research examines change through a wide-ranging variety of issues including motor skills and other psychophysiological processes; cognitive development involving areas such as; problem solving, moral and theoretical understanding language, personality emotional development and self-perception. The disorder of developmental disabilities is developing in the sense that delays, disorders or impairment exist within…
The environment you grow up in is going to impact whether your inherited genes are expressed or unexpressed. For example, if someone were to inherit the genes required to be a genius, they are not going to unlock that gene if they live in an environment without any intellectual stimuli.…
Healthy 6 year old: weighs between 40-50 lbs, least 3.5 ft tall, looks lean not cubby, has adult like body proportions (legs constitute half of total height)…
The topic that I chose to write about was Developmental Psychology. “Developmental Psychology is the branch of psychology that studies the psychological growth of individuals. It deals with the psychological responses and changes in behaviors that characterize such stages of life as infancy, adolescence, and old age.” (http://www.dictonary.reference.com). Studying the child’s mind helps us gather a better understanding for the way we develop as individuals. This helps us to give children the tools they will need to utilize to help them develop into functioning adults.…