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13, Developmental Psychology Flashcards

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Developmental Psychology

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Study of humans across the lifespan

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Zygote

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Single celled organism made from sperm and egg
(first two weeks)

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Embryo

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Child starts to look human, organs and body systems begin forming. Most miscarriages happen here
(from 2 weeks to end of 2nd month)

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Fetus

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(2 months to birth)
Hearing works by 6 months
Last 3 months:
brain cells multiply quick
fat develops under skin
respiratory and digestive systems mature

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Teratogens

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external agents that can harm the fetus
(ex. viruses, drugs, especially sedatives, narcotics, cocaine)

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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congenital problems with baby because mom had too much wine while pregnant

tobacco use makes miscarriage, stillbirth, and SIDS more likely

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Rooting Reflex

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baby’s head turns when cheek is touched
(‘rooting’ for nipple)

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Babinsky Reflex

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baby’s toes splay when bottom of foot is stroked

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Moro Reflex

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baby’s limbs splay when it thinks its falling

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Habituation

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decrease in response to something when it is repeatedly there
(don’t notice a room smelling bad if you’ve been there for a while)

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Maturation

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development reflecting the oath of your genetic blueprint

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Jean Piaget

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cognitive development guy

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Sucking & palmar reflexes

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thing in baby mouth, baby suck thing

thing in baby hand, baby grab thing

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Schema

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a representation model, kinda like category

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Assimilation

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adding new ideas to existing schemas
(my dog has four legs, so does that giraffe. giraffe is dog)

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Accommodation

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modifying a schema to accommodate more info

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Cognition

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thinking

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Sensorimotor

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first of Piaget’s stages - up to 2 years old
child acts on objects in environment, attains object permanence

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Object Permanence

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realizing that something can exist even though you don
t see it

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Preoperational

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second of Piaget’s stages - from 2 to 7 yrs
able to use symbolic thought (schemas not present)
still can’t perform mental operations on them
language develops

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Conservation

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thing changed shape but its still same amount of thing
(break a cookie into 6 pieces and I’ll still know its one cookie’s worth of cookie)

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Egocentrism

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seeing world from your own point of view

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Artificialism

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people made everything

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Animism

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everything is alive

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Theory of Mind

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trying to understand others’ mental states
(people see the world differently than I do)

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Autism

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starts in early childhood, communication hindrance, difficulty relating to others and social cues
difficulty with change

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Concrete Operational

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third of Piaget’s stages - age 7 to 11 yrs
ability to perform mental operations develops

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Reversibility

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can track train of thought in reverse
(how’d I think of that)

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Formal Operational

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fourth of Piaget’s stages - age 12+
can use schemas, understand operations, and use these to raise theoretical questions

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Metacognition

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thinking about thinking

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Erik Erikson

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started studying psych across lifespan instead of just until adolescence
made stage theory of personality development
8 stages with psychosocial crises that develop one’s character

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Secure Attachment

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babies feel loved, secure, confident, playful, etc
mom is a secure base, don’t like is when she goes away but happy when she’s back

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Insecure Attachment

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anxious ambivalent/avoidant
AA is stressed about being left all the time even when mom is there
Avoidant doesn’t really care if she’s there or not

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Mary Ainsworth

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made the patterns of attachment theory

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Permissive Parenting

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few expectations and rules, divided into permissive neglectful and permissive indulgent
indulgent more loving

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Authoritative Parenting

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clear limits but explanations for them

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Authoritarian Parenting

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do what I say because I say so

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Lawrence Kohlberg

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made the moral development theory

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Preconventional Morality

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age 7 to 10
do things because I don’t want punishment and I do want rewards

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Conventional Morality

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age 10 to 16+
conform to societal norms of morality
follow a conscience

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Postconventional Morality

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16+
not always reached
individual rights/sense of justice outweigh societal norms in decision making

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Terminal Drop/Decline

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swift drop in mental functioning of an old person, typically 1 to 5 years before death
verbal skill particularly drops off quick rather than a slow decline

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Stranger Anxiety

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baby stressed because there’s another person who’s not mom

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Attachment

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close emotional bonds of affection between infants and caregivers

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Critical Period

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use it or lose it
if you don’t use some of your brain for a part of your life, you will lose the ability to ever be able to use it properly

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Imprinting

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close bond formed with first contact of another
rapid phase sensitive learning

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Basic Trust

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good ending of first crisis of Erikson’s model
baby think needs will be met cause mom is there
world is a good place

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Self-concept

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who we think we are

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Adolescence

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people between about 10 and 19 yrs

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Puberty

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the time when a child goes through the most physical and hormonal changes as they become an adult

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Primary Sex Characteristics

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things directly involved in reproduction
(testes, ovaries)

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Secondary Sex Characteristics

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qualities of a person not directly involved in reproduction but derivatives of those
(voice quality, facial hair, being hot as heck)

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Menarche

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first time a female goes through menstruation

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Identity

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good ending of Erikson’s third, adolescence, crisis
I know who I am as a person

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Intimacy

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good ending of Erikson’s fourth stage, early adulthood
I can be close to others

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Menopause

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natural end of a woman’s menstrual cycle

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Alzheimer’s Disease

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progressive, irreversible brain disorder
deteriorates memory, reasoning, language, then physical function of a person

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Cross-sectional Study

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examines people of different groups at the same time, in a short space of time

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Longitudinal Study

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examines how individuals develop by studying the same individuals over a long period of time

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Generativity

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contributing to society and doing things for future generations

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Crystallized Intelligence

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experience and knowledge; comes with time

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Fluid Intelligence

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quick reasoning ability

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Social Clock

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cultural timeline for things happening in someone’s life

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