chapter 9

developmental psychology

age-related changes n behavior and mental processes from conception to death
theoretical issues
- nature vs. nurture
- continuity vs. stages
- stability vs. change
cross sectional research method

different participants, different ages, at ONE POINT IN TIME
longitudinal research methods

same participants, in an extended period of time
three prenatal stages
- germinal
- embryonic
- fetal
teratogens

environmental agents capable of producing birth defects
schema
- Piaget's
- cognitive structure for organizing ideas
assimilation

absorbing new information into existing schema
accomodation
- - adjusting old schemas or developing new ones to fit new information
4 stages of cognitive development
- sensorimotor
- preoperational
- concrete operational
- formal operational

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chapter 9

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