Psychology: 3.1

Developmental Psychology

the specialized study of how an individual’s physical, social, emotional, moral, and intellectual development occur in sequential interrelated stages throughout the life cycle.

What do Developmental psychologists study?

Continuity vs. stages of Development, Stability vs Change, Nature vs. Nurture 

The Two Reflexes Newborns are Born with

Grasping reflex and Rooting reflex

Maturation Plan of Baby

Lift Head (3 mon), Smile (4 mon), Grasp objects (5 to 6 mon), Crawling (8 mon), Walking (3-4 mon after Crawling)

Maturation

the internally programmed growth of a child

Gibson & Walk, 1960 experiment 

Showed that newborns are born with some perceptual capabilities and they grow as infants explore the world.

Telegraphic Speech

Verbal utterances in which words are left out, but the meaning is usually clear (common in children aged 2).