Ch 1 - Lifespan Perspective Flashcards
Development
Pattern of change that begins at conception and continues through life span.
The scientific study of how people change and stay the same over time.
T or F: Development is contextual
True
Normative age-graded influences
Developmental influences shared by a particular age group
Normative history-graded influences
Developmental influences shared by a specific generation
Nonnormative life events
Developmental influences unique to the individual
What are 2 types of changes in Human development
Quantatative & Qualatative
Examples of quantatative development
weight & height, # of words spoken
Examples of qualatative development
moving from a beginning reader to an emergent reader to a full reader
Continuity
Gradual, cumulative change or development
Discontinuity
Distinct stages of development
Jean Piaget
Cognitive development with children.
Taught us how children learn.
Sigmund Freud
Jewish Austrian neurologist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychiatry
Erik Erikson
Psychosocial theory of development.
Theory of identity
Albert Bandura
Studied observational learning or modeling.
Theories extended to vicarious viewing of aggressive behavior.
B.F. Skinner
Invented the operant conditioning chamber.
Behaviorism.
Ivan Pavlov
Russian physiologist, psychologist, and physician.
Classical conditioning theory.
Mary Whiton Calkins
(Allowed to be a “guest” at Harvard instead of a student.
First woman president of the APA)
Karen Horney
Research included Psychoanalysis, personality theory, and feminist psychology.
Anna Freud
Pioneer in the psychoanalysis of children.
Founded & directed a clinic for child therapy.
David Wechsler
Developed two well-known intelligence tests: WAIS & WISC.
Used for differential diagnosis as well as measuring a broad range of psychological functioning.
John Bowlby
Physician & Psychoanalyst at the University of Cambridge.
Developed attachment theory.
Lawrence Kohlberg
development of moral reasoning in children and adolescents.
Harry F. Harlow
Examined attachment behaviors in rhesus monkeys.
Drew conclusions about maternal bonding and deprivation.
Important developments in the area of child psychology
Melanie Klein
Austrian Psychologist who first created play therapy)