2-5 (10/19) Development 2 Flashcards
Traits are set and established in early childhood.
Early views on Developmental Psychology
Early Views. Theory of personality development. Personality set by the age of 6.
Freud
Early views. Cognitive development. Peak stage is puberty
Piaget
A period of transition from childhood to adulthood
Adolescence
13-20yrs. Begins with a biological event: puberty. End point: independence from parents.
Adolescence
_____ views on DP aren’t accepted anymore
Early
Human development is a lifelong process
Current views on development
Lifelong proces, infancy and childhood are influential, but it continues throughout life.
Development
Changed historically. WWs: adolescents are competent and responsible. Ended age 16
Views on adolescence
Changed historically. 1890, 1930, now, economic downturn. incompetent and immature. ends 20+
Views on adolescence
Mark transition into adolescence
Rites of initiation
Boys beaten with clubs, circumsized, isolated for three months/girls menstruate for the first time, they are painted red and isolated for four days`
Rites of initiation: African Thongas/ Native Americans
Sex Talk, Bat Mitzvah and Bar Mitzvah, Quince, Confirmation
Rites of initiation in the US
Marked by a cognitive growth spurt
Adolescence
How people solve moral dilemmas. Person/idea
Piaget: moral reasoning
Ultimate stage of development is the formal operational state. We develop the ability for
Abstract thought. Piaget.
Before – we take rules literally, during/after, we think of rules more flexibly, as long as the motive is justified
Abstract thought