Developmental pscychology midterm 2026 2
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Developmental psychology
how and why thoughts and behaviors change across life
phylogeny
evolution of species
ontogeny
development of an individual organism
predetermines epigenesis
genes, brain structure, function and experience
probabilistic epigenesis
bidirectional influence of genes, brain and experience
nature vs nurture
genetic vs environmental
four basic developmental questions
active vs passive, universal vs cultural, individual diff, nature vs nurture
correlational
not causation, relationship between variables
cross sectional
different age groups, cohort effects possible
longitudinal
same individuals over time
eeg/erp
electrical activity,, good temporal bad spatial
fmri
blood oxygenation, bad temporal, good spatial
fnirs
optical measurement of hemoglobin, practical for infants
mri
fear, noise, discomfort
inhibitory control
day and night stroop
cognitive flexibility
dccs
planning
tower of london
neurulation
neural plate, neural tube, brian and spinal cord
forebrain
cerebral hemissphere, thalamus and hypothamlamus
hindbrain
cerebellum and brainstem
synaptogenesis
formulaiton of synapses
synaptic pruning
eliminates excess
myl
short looker and long lookers
higher ef
ddcs 3 year old and 5 year old
perseverative errors and weaker inferior prefrontal engagement, showed more adult like
cold ef
logical, stroop, earlier
hot ef
emotion, iowa, later
go/no go
older participants, ifg, younger sfg
ef and achievement
significant reading and math
ef and peer
negative association, less likely to have problems when higher ef
fluid intelligence
unfamiliar
crystallized
accumulated
brain aging
hippocampus declines
emotional memory
younger adults negative image
bilingual
better dccs, faster rt in flanker, later dementia
interdependent
relationship
independent self
personal
infants
training improves, not significant but short term inhibition was significant
adolescence
weaker working memory steep drinking, higher real world