1- Introduction to Basic Issues in Development Flashcards
What is developmental psychology?
A study of how individuals change over the lifespan and processes that create these changes
When is the prenatal stage?
From conception to birth- from a single cell to a complete organism
When is the infancy stage?
From 0 to 2 years
When do many psychological activities start and what are they?
Infancy- motor coordination, symbolic thought, language, social learning
What do we learn early on?
Ways to survive in the social world
When are there massive consequences for a baby’s point of view?
If you don’t move well as it develops muscles and the baby is learning where limbs/body parts are, learning spatial awareness, navigational and mathematical skills are important
When is the early childhood stage?
2-6 years
What increases is early childhood?
Self-sufficiency
What skills develop in the early childhood stage?
‘School readiness’ skills and social skills
When is the middle and late childhood stage?
6-12 years
What is the middle to late childhood stage about?
Mastering skills and learning
When is the adolescence stage?
12-20 years
What are the 3 reasons to study children?
Philosophical, empirical, and applied reasons
What did Hobbes believe?
Children are inherently sinful and development should be shaped by control and discipline
What did Rousseau believe?
Children are inherently innocent and development is shaped by following natural stages
