U1 Area of 1 Psychology Development

Process of change and growth in humans functioning over the lifespan

Nature refers to hereditary factors on psychological development such as genetics

e.g. eye color, skin color

Nurture refers to the environmental factors that influence psychological development 

e.g. food, emotional support, education

Studies that use identical and fraternal twins to investigate the influence of hereditary factors vs the environment on psychological development

Adoption studies are studies that investigate genetic and environmental factors that look at human characteristics such as intelligence and behavior

Biological, social and psychological and which roles relate with health or disease.

How you feel psycologically

Factors that take after genetics

Social factors are your surroundings and how they effect you

How you think and why you think a certain way (mental health)

Normal and expected things a person would do and act.

Abnormal way of behaving and thinking

Capacity to cope with the demands of life

An individual who thinks and acts a certain way

People who think, act or feel differently from most other people.

Processes used to interpret experience and respond adaptively.

Adaptive are coping strategies, Maladaptive are strategies that are hard in the long run

Autistic people tend to have a larger amygdala, can change how you think and feel.

• Autism: Difficulty with social interactions, changing focus but have high attention to small detail
• ADHD: Unable to stay still, remain focused, maintaining self control and are intensive
• Tourette: Rapid muscle movements, vocalizations and difficulties
• Dyspraxia: Difficulty with muscle control but very good at problem solving
• Dyslexia: Difficulty reading, spelling, writing but good at seeing the big picture
• Dyscalculia: Difficulty with math's and numbers but have intuitive thinking

Allows to communicate social interactions

• Sensorimotor Stage (Birth- 2 years): Goal directed behavior
• Preoperational Stage (2-7 years): Symbolic thinking
• Concrete Operational Stage (7-11 years): Classification 
• Formal Operational Stage (12 years-): Abstract thinking

Can adapt other times but most easiest time

You can only learn within a certain amount of time and struggle to adapt any other time

Bond between infant and mother

• Began an experiment in 1940 on the attachment theory, looking at children in institutions because some needed more help than others.
• Phase 1: Pre-attachment (Birth-2 months old), infants respond to people
• Phase 2: Preliminary attachment (2-7 months old), infant responds with smiles and will express if they are upset or calm
• Phase 3: Clear cut attachment (7m- 2 years old), infant is mobile and crawls closer to be with caregiver, if they aren't there they will cry
• Phase 4: Goal directed partnership (2 years and more), infant will adjust themselves if caregiver isn't around

• (1913-1999)
• Expanded on Bowlby's theory, introduced separation anxiety

• (Tested on infants 9-18 months old)
• Left infant with mother, then stranger, then all together and then by itself

• - Insecure (Avoidant)
• - Secure

• (8 months)
• Experimented on rhesus monkeys to investigate their attachment with their mother

Can prescribe drugs

Can help and diagnose what mental health issue you have

A qualified nurse, help out Torres Straight Islander people

First choice to go to for help