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Erickson’s 8 psychosocial stages of Dev. Stage 1: Birth to one year

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Trust vs. Mistrust. Babies either trust that others will satisfy their basic needs, including nourishment, warmth, cleanliness, and physical contact, or develop mistrust about the care of others.

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Erickson’s 8 psychosocial stages of Dev. Stage 2: 1-3 yrs

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Autonomy vs shame and doubt. Children either become self-sufficient in many activities, including toileting, feeding, walking, exploring, and talking, or doubt their own abilities.

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Erickson’s 8 psychosocial stages of Dev. Stage 3: 3-6 yrs

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Initiative vs. guilt. Children either try to undertake many adult like activities or internalize the limits and prohibitions set by parents. they feel either adventurous or guilty.

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Erickson’s 8 psychosocial stages of Dev. Stage 4: 6-11 yrs

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Industry vs. Inferiority. Children busily practice and then master new skills or feel inferior, unable to do anything well.

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Erickson’s 8 psychosocial stages of Dev. Stage 5: Adolescence

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Identity vs. Role confusion. Adolescents ask themselves “who am I?’’ They establish sexual, political, religious, and vocational identities or are confused about their roles.

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Erickson’s 8 psychosocial stages of Dev. Stage 6: Adulthood

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Intimacy vs. Isolation. Young adults seek companionship and love or become isolated from others, fearing rejection.

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Erickson’s 8 psychosocial stages of Dev. Stage 7: Adulthood

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Generativity vs. stagnation. Middle-aged adults contribute to future generations through work, creative activities, and parenthood or they stagnate

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Erickson’s 8 psychosocial stages of Dev. Stage 8:

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Integrity vs. Despair. Older adults try to make sense of their lives. either seeing life as a meaningful whole or despairing at goals never reached.

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Piaget’s Periods of cognitive Development: Birth to 2 yrs Sensorimotor

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Infants use senses and motor abilities to understand the world. learning is active, without reflection.

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Piaget’s Periods of cognitive Development: 2-6, Preoperational

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Children think symbolically, with language, yet they are egocentric, perceiving from their own perspective.

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Piaget’s Periods of cognitive Development: 6-11, Concrete operational

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Children understand and apply logic. Thinking is limited by direct experience.

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Piaget’s Periods of cognitive Development: 12 - adulthood, Formal operational

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Adolescents and adults use abstract and hypothetical concepts. They can use analysis, not only emotion.

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Code of ethics for studies. What are a few basic standard ethics for scientific studies (relating to participants)?

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  • Scientists must ensure participation is voluntary, confidential, and harmless.
  • Ensure participants understand the research procedures and any associated risks.
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Code of ethics for studies. What are a few basic standard ethics for scientific studies (2 general ones)?

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  • Promote research accuracy, honesty, and truth.

- Study and report of crucial issues relating to the development of all people.

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Difference-equals-deficit error

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The mistaken belief that a deviation from some norm is necessarily inferior.

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Dynamic-systems approach

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A view of human development as an ongoing, ever-changing interaction between the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial influences.

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Operant Conditioning (B.F. Skinner)

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The learning process that reinforces or punishes behavior. Also called instrumental conditioning.

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Classical Conditioning (Pavlov)

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Demonstrates that behaviors can be learned by making an association between an environmental stimulus. Also called respondent conditioning.

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nature

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influence of genes we inherit

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nurture

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environmental influences affecting development

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epigenetics

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how environmental factors affect genes and genetic expression

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differential susceptibility

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how environmental experiences differ b/c of particular inherited genes

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5 steps of scientific method

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  1. begin with curiosity
  2. develop a hypothesis
  3. test the hypothesis
  4. draw conclusions
  5. report the results
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three domains of human development

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  1. biological
  2. cognitive
  3. psychological
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critical period

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time when certain things must occur for normal development

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sensitive period

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time when particular development occurs most easily

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cohort

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all persons born within a few years of one another; group defined by the shared age of its members

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bioecological theory/ecological systems approach

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each person is affected by many social contexts and interpersonal interactions

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systems/levels in bioecological theory

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  1. microsystem: immediate, direct influences
  2. exosytem: institutions
  3. macrosystem: cultural patterns, political philosophies,
  4. mesosytem: interaction of systems
  5. chronosystem: dimension of time
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socioeconomic status (SES)

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income, wealth, occupation, education, neighbourhood

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poverty

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traditionally relates to food costs and family size.

now, revised definition takes into account housing, medical care, and various subsidies

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culture

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system of shared beliefs, norms, behaviours, expectations that persist over time and prescribe social behaviour

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social construction

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based on shared perceptions, not objective reality

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Vygotsky’s stance on education

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proposed guided participation as a universal process used by mentors to teach cultural skills, habits, and knowledge

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difference-equals-deficit error

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humans tend to believe their culture is better than others; becomes destructive if reduces respect for others

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ethnicity

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social construction (social context, not biology)

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ethnic group

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people whose ancestors were born in the same region and who often share a language, culture, and religion

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race

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social construction usually based on appearance often leading to racism.

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what two facts does the concept of plasticity incorporate?

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1) people can change over time

2) new behavior depends partly on what has already happened

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dynamic systems approach

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suggests human development is an ongoing, ever-changing interaction b/t body and mind and between individuals and every aspect of the environment

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developmental theory

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systematic statement of principles and generalizations; framework for understanding how and why people change as they grow older

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psychoanalytic theory

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proposes that irrational, unconscious drives and motives (often originating in childhood) underlie human behavior

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Freud

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1st psychoanalyst

proposes 5 psychosexual stages during which sensual satisfaction is linked to developmental needs and conflicts

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Erikson

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8 psychosocial stages each characterized by a challenging developmental crisis

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learning theory

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focuses on observable behavior; describes laws and processes by which behavior is learned

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conditioning

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proposes that learning takes place through processes by which responses become linked to particular stimuli

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modeling

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social learning theory; people learn through observation and imitation. first described by Albert Bandura

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cognitive theory

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thoughts and expectations profoundly affect actions, attitudes, beliefs, and assumptions. focus on changes in how people think over time

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assimilation

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experiences interpreted to fit into or assimilate with old ideas

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accommodation

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old ideas restructured to include/accommodate new ideas

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humanism

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stresses the potential all human beings have to be good and the belief that all people have the same basic needs, regardless of culture or gender

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maslow’s hierarchy of needs

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everyone must satisfy lower levels before higher ones; lower levels are deficiency needs, whereas the highest level is a growth need

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evolutionary theory

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suggests organisms change over time as a result of changes in heritable physical or behavioural traits.

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charles darwin theorized nature works to ensure species do two things:

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  1. survive

2. reproduce

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scientific method - observation vs experiment vs survey

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observation can prove correlation.

experiments can prove causation.

surveys can show proportions but do not prove causation.

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experiment vocabs

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independent vs dependent variable
experimental vs comparison/control groups
measures: effect size, significance, cost-benefit analysis, odds ratio, factor and meta-analysis

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Cross-sectional Research

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A research design that compares people who differ in age but not in other important characteristics.

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Cross-sequential Research

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A hybrid research design that includes cross-sectional and longitudinal research. (Also called cohort-sequential research or time-sequential research.)

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Longitudinal Research

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A research design that follows the same individuals over time.

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Quantitative Research

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Research that provides data expressed with numbers, such as ranks or scales.

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Qualitative Research

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Research that considers individual qualities instead of quantities (numbers).

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