Chapter 1 Flashcards
What are the issues in child development
Continuity vs discontinuity
Nature vs nurture
Universitality vs culture
Active vs passive involvement
Name the eight stages of Erik eriksons psychosocial theory
Trust vs mistrust Autonomy vs shame and doubt Initiative vs guilt Industry vs inferiority Identity vs identity confusion Intimacy vs isolation Generativity vs stagnation Integrity vs despair
Who were the three people involved in the learning theory of development and what were their views
Watson - behaviour ism
Pavlov - pairing of stimuli leads to new behaviour
Skinner - responses to the environment
What was Piagets stages of cognitive development
0-2 sensorimotor
2-6 preoperational
7-11 concrete operational
11-Ad formal operational
What did Vygotskys socio cultural theory focus on
Focused on how adults convey information to their children
What did bronfenbrenners ecological theory consist of
(The child is embedded in complex and interactive systems)
Microsystems Mesosystem Exosystem - indirect social experiences Macrosystem Chronosystem - temporal dimension. Point at which experience
influences the child life forever
What does Nsamenangs theory of social ontogenesis consist of
Spiritual selfhood - ends at naming ceremony
Social selfhood - birth to death
Ancestral selfhood - death onwards
What are the stages of social selfhood in Nsamenangs theory
Newborn Social priming Social apprenticeship Social entree Social internship Adulthood Old age and death
What are the two types of observation
Naturalistic and structured observation
What are the two different types of research
Experimental and correlation all research
What is a meta-analysis
An analysis of the statistical results to determine if greater clarity can be reached
What is a longitudinal design
The same sample of children are studies at different developmental stages over long periods of time
What is a cross-sectional design
Different age hours are studied at one time and the results are compared
What is a sequential design
Longitudinal and cross sectional studies are done. Different groups of children are studies at occasions over the years
