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Developmental Psych
Psychology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Developmental Psychology | psychologist study the changes in the way people think, relate to others, feel as they age |
| Stanley Hall | focused on childhood development and evolutionary theory |
| Cross sectional method | research methods of a population of items all at the same time, in which, groups can be compared at different ages with respect of independent variables, such as IQ and memory |
| Longitudinal method | repeated observations of the same items over long periods of time |
| Germinal Period | two weeks after fertilization, zygote moves down to uterus and implants in the lining |
| Embryonic Period | eight to two week after fertilization, major organs and structure of organism develop |
| Fetal Period | eight weeks after conception until the birth of the child |
| Memory | active system that receives memories from senses and puts info into usable form and stores it away |
| Sensory Memory | last two to three seconds, information passed into short term memory |
| Short Term Memory | last twenty to thirty seconds, holds about seven items easy disturbed |
| Long Term Memory | Lasts a lifetime, has unlimited capacity and can last a life time |
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