Chapter 1 Flashcards
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What is development?
Movements or change that begin at birth throughout your life span
What is the traditional view of development in life?
Major change through childhood….none in adult…..decline in old age
What are the human life expectancies?
Max 122
Average 79
What are some characteristics of development in life?
Life long……multidimensional….contextual…..growth…loss….maintenance….constructed through biological, social factors, and individual factors
What are the three types of contextual change?
Normative age graded influence….similar for individuals sharing the same age group
Normative history grade influences……common to people of a particular generation due to historical circumstances
Nomnormarive life events….unusual occurrences that have a major impact on a person
What is culture?
Behavior patterns, beliefs, and other products of a group
What is ethnicity?
Characteristics based on cultural heritage, nationality , race and religion
What is social policy?
Government course of action designed to promote welfare of its citizens
What are the main concerns of social policy?
Infant mortality rates…children…nutrition…older adults…health care….social support for older
What are the three developmental process?
Biological…..cognitive….socioemotional
What is the biological proccess?
Producing change in individuals features like height, weight, and motor skills
What is the cognitive proccess?
A change in the mind and processing
What is socioemtional proccess?
Changes in relationships, emotions, and personality
What us the chronological age?
Age in years alive
What is biological age?
Terms of biological health?
What is psychological age?
Adaptive capacities compare with others
What is social age?
Connectedness with others of the same social roles
What are psychoanalytic theories?
Describe development as primarily unconcious and influence by emotion
Stresses shape you in early age
What did sigmund Freud believe in?
Adult personality was based on how we resolve conflicts between pleasure at each stage of reality
What did erikson beleive?
Primary motivation for human behavior is social and is the desire to affiliate with others
What did piaget beleive?
Children actively construct their understandings of the world through adaptations
What is sinners operant conditioning?
Consequences to behaviors produce changes in the probability of occoruence
Rewards and punishment
What are behavioral and social cognitive theories?
Development through observable behavior that we learn through experience
What are ecological theories
Emphasize environmental factors
