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Lifespan Development: Foundations and Infancy
Psychology · Chapter 6 · 3. Lifespan Development
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Topics 6
- Development, growth and maturation; importance of studying lifespan development
- Determinants of development: heredity and environment; identical, fraternal and separated twin studies
- Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory
- Infancy: motor milestones and reflexes (rooting, Moro, grasping, Babinski)
- Infancy: Piaget's sensorimotor stage
- Attachment: the Strange Situation test and secure, avoidant, ambivalent and disorganised attachment