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Comprehensive Developmental Psychology A – Session 4 study notes covering Louw & Louw (2022), Chapter 4, pp. 248–312. Early childhood spans approximately ages 2–6, with these notes covering key aspects of preschool children's physical and cognitive development. Topics include physical growth and brain development, motor and perceptual development, nutrition and emotional well-being, Piaget's preoperational stage, Vygotsky's sociocultural theory, information-processing theory, a...

Comprehensive Developmental Psychology A – Session 3 study notes covering the Neonatal Phase and Infancy, based on Louw & Louw (2022), Chapter 3. The chapter covers development across the first two years of life, beginning with the neonatal phase and continuing through infancy. The notes include topics such as newborn assessment and the Apgar Scale, adjustment to life after birth, neonatal reflexes and perception, sleep, feeding and neonatal learning, followed by physical, brain, motor, cog...

Comprehensive Developmental Psychology A – Session 2 study notes covering Prenatal Development and the Birth Process, based on Louw & Louw (2022), Chapter 2. These notes are clearly structured for both learning and revision and include: Conception, chromosomes, genes, DNA and RNA Human Genome Project Mitosis, meiosis and crossover Dominant and recessive inheritance Sex determination and sex-linked characteristics Multiple births and infertility Genetic and chromosomal abnormalities...

Comprehensive Developmental Psychology A study notes covering the basic concepts of child and adolescent development, based on Louw & Louw (2022), Chapter 1. These notes are clearly structured and designed for both learning and revision. Topics include the goals of child psychology, developmental stages and domains, key developmental debates, major developmental theories, South African and African perspectives, research methods, developmental research designs, cross-cultural research, and res...