Final Exam Study Guide for Psychology
This part of the Study Guide includes topics from Child Development.
This part of the Study Guide includes topics from Child Development.
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What is developmental psychology?
A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span.
Discuss the development of the brain.
- On the day you were born, you had the most brain cells you would ever have (28 billion in uterus). But, neurons were not well connected (the synaptic connections grow)
- More neural connections as we age (adults: 300 trillion synaptic connections). Partially by genes, but also experience.
- Puberty: pruning process- unused neural conections lost and used connections strengthened.
What areas of the brain are the last areas to develop neural connections?
Association Areas: parietal, occipital, temporal, and frontal lobes (planning, judgement)
- The frontal lobes don't fully develop connections to other areas of brain (ex: amygdala) until early mid-twenties.
- Why?: They lack myelinated connections
- The amygdala is part of the limbic system, so if it's not connected to the amygdala then fear and aggression will take over. (Moms say teens act the way they do because the frontal lobe is not fully processed.)
Biological/Evolutionary Approach
- As youngsters we're completely dependent on our caregivers.
- It was advantageous for infants and youngsters in our evolutionary past to form strong emotional bonds with caregivers. This should aid survival and reproduction.
- Ex: John Bowlby
