Here’s a knowledge organizer I’ve created of the most essential terms for developmental psychology in an introductory psychology course. These knowledge organizers are designed to help you identify the most important factual knowledge you need to have in order to … Read More
Cognitive Development: Preoperational Stage
In this video I discuss Piaget’s preoperational stage of cognitive development as well as the related issues of conservation, theory of mind, and egocentrism. I also briefly describe autism spectrum disorder, which is associated with deficits in awareness of the … Read More
Erikson’s 8 Ages of Man
In this video I introduce developmental psychology, which considers how we develop physically, cognitively, socially, and morally over our lifespan. I discuss some of the recurrent themes we will see in this chapter and then describe Erikson’s division of life … Read More