11: Developmental Psychology Flashcards
Studies in DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY are either … or …
- CROSS-SECTIONAL
- LONGITUDINAL
Researcher’s might look at .. .. in order to determine which TRAITS are most influenced by GENETIC FACTORS.
- IDENTICAL TWINS
Certain CHEMICALS or AGENTS (called ..) can cause HARM if ingested or contracted by the mother. The .. can filter out many potentially harm substances, but .. pass thru this barrier and can affect the fetus in profound ways.
- TERATOGENS
- PLACENTA
One of the most common teratogens is ..
- ALCOHOL
Children of alcoholic mothers who drink heavily during pregnancy are at high risk of .. .. ..
- FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME (FAS)
“when startled, a baby will fling his or her limbs out and then quickly retract them, making himself or herself as small as possible.”
- MORO REFLEX
“when a baby’s foot is stroked, he or she will spread the toes.”
- BABINSKI REFLEX
Researchers know that babies can .. even BEFORE BIRTH.
- HEAR
Babies LOVE the TASTE of .. and responds to a higher concentration of ‘’ in foods.
- SUGAR
Our motor control develops as NEURONS in our brain connect with one another, and become ..
- MYELINATED
Biologist Konrad .. established that some infant animals (such as ..) become attached (…) on individuals or even objects they see during a critical period after birth.
- LORENZ
- GEESE
- IMPRINT
In the 1950s, researcher Harry .. raised baby .. with two artificial wire frame figures made to resemble mother ‘’.
- HARLOW
- MONKEYS
Mary .. researched the idea of attachment by placing HUMAN INFANTS into NOVEL SITUATIONS.
- AINSWORTH
Types of attachments (3)
- SECURE
- AVOIDANT
- ANXIOUS/AMBIVALENT
DEVELOPMENTAL psychologist Diana .. researched parent-child interactions and described (3) overall categories of parenting styles.
- BAUMRIND
- AUTHORITARIAN
- AUTHORITATIVE
- PERMISSIVE
Besides NATURE vs. NURTURE, one of the major controversies in DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY is the argument about .. vs ..
- CONTINUITY
- DISCONTINUITY
“Do we develop continually, at a STEADY RATE from birth to death, or is our development discontinuous, happening in FITS AND STARTS with some periods of RAPID DEVELOPMENT and some of relatively LITTLE CHANGE?”
- CONTINUITY vs DISCONTINUITY
Freud said we develop through (4) … stages
- PSYCHOSEXUAL
Erik ERICKSON was a .. .., a theorist who believed in the basics of Freud’s theory but .. it to FIT his own ..
- NEO-FREUDIAN
- ADAPTED
- OBSERVATIONS