Ch 1 Flashcards
What are the issues in human development?
nature vs nurture, continuity vs. discontinuity, and universal vs context-specific
This is no longer an issue and involves the diathesis stress model
Nature vs Nurture
normal and abnormal developmental changes are gradual and quantative
continuity
implies that such changes are more abrupt and qualitative
discontinuity
When discussing what issues do you have to see if the development follows the same general path in all people or if it is fundamentally different, depending on the sociocultural context
Universal vs Context-Specific
What did Freud do?
Says that development happens in stages and beliefs that behavior is largely governed by motives and drives that are internal and often unconscious
What are the pros of evaluating Psychodynamic perspectives.
The unconscious, the role of internal conflicts, the importance of early childhood expensive, and the use of defense mechanisms
What are the cons for evaluating psychodynamic evaluation?
poor testing, inadequate empirical base, and sexist veiws
The father of behaviorism
John Watson
Who tried to explain Freud’s theory through scientific terms based on classical conditioning?
John Watson
comparing pairs of neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus either an unconditioned stimuli that elicits a certain response
classical conditioning
What are examples of classical condition?
Watsons little albert, palov, drinking coffee, alcohol, or smoking cigarettes
Who created the learning theory?
Skinner
applied behavior analysis, examines the effect that consequences have on behavior
Operant conditioning
What are the ABCs of the learning theory?
Antecedents
B- targeted behavior
Consequences
What is going just prior to the behavior
antecedents
what happens as a result of the behavior
consequences
What part of the ABCs is the classical conditioning?
Antecedents and the targeted behavior
What part of the ABCs is operant conditioning?
Consequences
What argue in the social learning theory and what is it called?
He argued that behavior can be learned through observation called vicarious learning
What are the parts of the social learning theory?
vicarious learning, social cognition, and self-efficacy
how children think about themselves and others, dependent upon experience but is influenced by ones biological predisposition (BOBO doll experiment)
social cognition
refers to people’s belief about their own abilities
self-efficacy
What are the pros when evaluating behavioral perspectives
its based on rigorous research
insights into effects of learning and environmental factors
What are the cons when evaluating behavioral perspectives
over-dependence on animal research
fragmented views of personality
dehumanizing views
Who found the cognitive developmental theory
Piaget
What are the explanations of the cognitive developmental theory
children naturally try to make sense of the world and create little “experiments”
there re critical points in development where fundamental change occurs
strong genetic influence