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difference between Plato and aristotle

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Plato = said kids are born with innate knowledge (nature)

Aristotle = said kids knowledge is rooted in experience (nurture)

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difference between Locke and Rousseau

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Rousseau is more nature - we have an innate sense of morality and justice

Locke is more nurture - we are a blank slate (tabula rasa) and we need to focus on experience to build who we are

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How did Darwin contribute to child dev

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Darwin said that each individual from a specie differ from one another… he also played part in the establishment of baby biography

  • baby = survival
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What is Baby biography

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it is detailed, systematic observation of a child (individual)

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Stanley Hall

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he is the pioneer of psychology aka made theories on child development based on evolutionary theory (darwin)

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Alfred Binet

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established the first mental test

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what was the contribution of Applied Developmental Psychology

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it is to promote healthy development with a focus families and children

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What is the CPA

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Canadian Psychological Association

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What is the definition of a theory (in psychology)

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it is an organized set of ideas that helps us explain and predict development

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what are the 5 common theories/perspective

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  • Biological Perspective
  • Psychodynamic Perspective
  • Learning Perspective
  • Cognitive Development Perspective
  • Contextual Perspective
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What are the theories covered within the Bio Perspective

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Maturational theory

ethological theory

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what is the difference between MAturational and ethological theories

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Maturational theory - established by Gesell .–> child development unfolds naturally within a biological plan and it has less to do with impact from experience

Ethological theory - part of evolutionary perspective. it is how behavior is viewed as adaptive (behavior = adaptation) and they are examined for survival value.. aka it is maturation with a dash of evolution

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U

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being biologically programmed in a way where some kind of learning only happens at a certain time (or moment in a lifetime) eg critical period

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What are the concepts in Biological perspective

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Critical period

Imprinting

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what is critical period and what is imprinting in development

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critical period : it is a period where someone is most likely to acquire a skill eg. language acquisition happens or is facilitated before puberty .

Imprinting: creating an emotional bond between a child and the first moving object aka mom usually

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example of critical period and Lorenz

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goslings are biologically programmed to become attached to the first moving object they see as soon as they hatch . ability to create that attachment is called imprinting. this lasts about a day (critical period) from hatching is imprinting does not occur outside of that critical period

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What is Psychodynamic Perspective

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It is the development that is determined by how a child resolves a conflict at different ages (Freud and Erikson)

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What are the theories covered in Psychodynamic Perspective

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Freud - Psychosexual theory

Erikson - Psychosocial theory

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What are freud’s components of personality

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Id - impulsive
Ego - rational
Superego - moral

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what are freuds stages of development

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Oral - putting things in mouth (vs greed)

Anal - potty training (vs stubborn)

Phallic - mom vs dad

Latent - calm from 6 to 12

Genital - romantic, sexual interest

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What is Eriksons stages of devleopment

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sequences of stages defined by unique crisis or challenge ( there are 8)

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What is Learning Perspective

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empasis on experience in development and learning (pavlov and Skinner)

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What are the theories in learning perspective

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Pavlov classical conditioning theory

Skinner operant conditioning theory

Bandura Social cogntivie theory

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What are Skinner and Pavlov theories

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Skinner - operant conditioning
when reinforcements and punishment as feedback to a certain behavior in order to encourage or prevent that behavior

Pavlov - classical conditioning
when a neutral stimuli becomes association to a natural and automatic response

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What is Banduras theory

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children actively intepret events and respond based on their perception

  • observational/imitation learning. (BOBO CLOWN)
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What is Cogntivie Development

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its the child’s effort to understand the world, environnement.

they revise and develop theories with experience

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What is the theory in Cognitive Development Perspective

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Jean Piaget’s Cog Dev theory
- considers children as little scientist

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What are the stages in Jean piaget theory

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sensorimoteur (born to 2)
préopératoire ( 2 to 7)
Operation concrète (7 to 11)
Operation Formelle ( 11 to more)

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What is Contextual Perspective

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determined by immediate and distant environment - influencing one another
culture

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What are the theories under Contextual Perspective

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Vygotsky - development has to do with belief, customs, skills,

Bronfenbrenner ecological system

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What are the elements of Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological System

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Microsystem : direct links (peoples from work vs peoples at home)

Mesosystem: When different microsystems influences one another. (one microsystem influences what happens to another)

Macrosystem: Beliefs, identity, culture, etc

Exosystem: environnement we dont experience at first hand but it still has an indirect influence on our development

Chronosystem : linked to changes in those elements (micro, macro, exo, meso) or the individual’s age

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What are the 4 themes of child development

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Continuity of development (continuity vs discontinuity)

Impact of Nature and Nurture

The Active Child (vs passive)

Links between Different domains of Development

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What is Continuity vs Discontinuity

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This is about the path of development a child goes through as they grow..

will it be a linear path (Continuity) or will it change path throughout or at any point in time (Discontinuity)

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What is Nature vs Nurture

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Nature = Genetics

Nurture = experience/environment

Think of the identical twin research

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What is Active passive child

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Children were once viewed as passive of their environment

As they grown, some children become active as they will influence parts of their experience as well as other people around them

Parent-child relationship is bi-directional

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What are the 5 domains of development

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Physical growth

Cognition

language

personality

Social relationship

– they’re all interconnected

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What are the types of systematic observation

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Naturalistic observation: Researcher observes children in natural environment, difficult to replicate,

Structured observation: Researcher create a setting to elicite behaviours of interest

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What are the cons in the types of systematic observation

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Naturalistic: Hawthorne effect, ethical issues, we dont know if we will get what we were lookign for

Structured : Unnatural setting

39
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What are the biases in observational studies

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Observer Bias:
- Researchers may interpret behaviour in a way that supports the hypothesis

Observer Influence:
- Participants may change their behaviour because they’re being observed ( Hawthorne)

  • Habituation allows participants to get used to the observer’s presence
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How to collect the info?

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Sampling behaviour: When direct observation is difficult ??

Self Report: Responding to questions, questionnaires, interviews

Physiological measures : good for attention, stress (heart rate/cortisol) , studies that focuses on brain activity

41
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Requirement in research

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We need is to be valid and reliable

The sample needs to represent population

42
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What are the 3 interpretations of correlation coefficient

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1) Variable 1 causes Variable 2

2) Variable 2 causes Variable 1

3) non of the variable is caused by the other. They are both caused by a third variable that is not measured in the study

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What is Inferential Statistic

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tests the likelihood that null hypothesis is true

44
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What is field experiment

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when researcher manipulates independent variables in a natural setting

45
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What are the designs for studying age related changes

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Longitudinal:

Microgenetic

Cross Sectional

longitudinal Sequential

46
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What is Longitudinal (Pros, Cons)

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Same children are tested across a span of a few years (eg 6 yrs)

Cons:
- Cost as it is expensive to pay the participants to commit

  • Practice effects where kids will know what to answer,
  • Selective Attrition where people would drop out overtime
  • Cohort Effect where something mightve happened in the year were studying that did not happen in previous years (eg. Covid) –> results wont be the same
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Cross-Sectional

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Different groups studied within same year

A lot of individual differences but a quicker, cost effective research

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Longitudinal-Sequential Study

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Cross sectional + longitudinal = longitudinal-sequential study

children at different ages are tested across several years.

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Microgenetic study

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children are tested repeatedly over a span of days or weeks

50
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What is meta analysis

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using many different studies to address a single issue – Results from many are evaluated as a whole to answer a research question

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What are the ethical responsibilities

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  • Seek to do research that benefits humanity
  • Minimize risks to research participants
  • Describe the research to potential participants
  • Avoid deceiving the participants
  • Keep results anonymous or confidential
  • Give a debriefing afterward
52
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What is quasi experimental design

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includes groups that are not determined by random assignment

e.g., Children attending two different schools

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