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Study of age-related changes in behavior and mental processes from conception to death
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Developmental psychology
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What are the 3 most important debates or questions in human development?
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Nature v. nurture, continuity v. stages, stability v. change
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Development governed by automatic, genetically predetermined signals. (NATURE)
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Maturation
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Nature or nurture? we are born with our minds as a blank slate (tabula rasa), and the environment determines what msgs are written on the slate.
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Nurture
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A period of special sensitivity to specific types of learning that shapes the capacity for future development.
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Critical period
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This theoretical issue states that development is continuous, with new abilities, skills, and knowledge gradually added at a relatively uniform pace.
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Continuity in (continuity v. stages)
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This theoretical issue states that development occurs at different rates, slow and fast changes in different periods.
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Stages in (continuity v. stages)
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Psychologists who emphasize ____ in development hold that measurements taken during childhood are important predictors of adult personality. Psychologists who emphasize ____ disagree.
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Stability; change
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Measures individuals of various ages at one point in time and gives information about age differences
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Cross-sectional method
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Differences in age groups that reflect factors unique to a specific age group are called ____ effects.
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Cohort
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___ studies are the most time-efficient method, where as ___ studies provide the most in-depth information per participant.
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Cross-sectional; longitudinal
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First stage of prenatal development, which begins with conception and ends with implantation in the uterus (the first two weeks)
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Germinal period
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2nd stage of prenatal development, which begins after uterine implantation and lasts through the the 8th week.
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Embryonic period
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The third, and final, stage of prenatal development (8th week to birth), characterized by rapid weight gain in the fetus and the fine detailing of body organs and systems.
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Fetal period
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Environmental agent that causes damage during pregnancy
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Teratogen
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