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Chapter 1 The Science of Human Development Flashcards

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human development is a

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science

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development seeks to udnerstand

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how and why people of all ages change and remain the same over time

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nature vs nurture
- nature

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genes

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nature vs nurture
- nurture

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environmental influences

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human development is complex and is 4 things

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multidirectional
multi contextual
multicultural
plastic

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multidirectional

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change in every direction
development is not linear

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critical vs sensitive peroid

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critical is when certain things must occur for normal development
EX: development of arms

sensitive is when particular development occurs most easily
EX: speaking

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do humans have a lot of critical peroids

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no

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multi contextual

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different contexts in which we operate and each influences our development
- social
- economic
- family

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microsystem

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immediate direct influences
EX: family, school, neighborhood, peer group

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exosystem

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a little more remote than microsystem
EX: educational system, reglious values, transportation

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macrosystem

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societal factors
EX: cultural patterns, politics, economic polices

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cohort

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persons born within a few years of one another
EX: Gen X

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SES Socioeconomic status

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income, wealth, occupation, education, and neighborhood

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culture

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shared beliefs, norms, behaviors, and expectations

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multicultural who came up with that

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vygotsky

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difference-equals-deficit error

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different traits are appropriate in different settings, not one is bad or good, it depends on the context

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multicultural

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we are the product of our communities, family, etc

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ethnic group

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share ancestors

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ethnicity

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social construction affected by social context

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race

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social construct that is more affected by history

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intersectionality

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various identities need to be combined
- ethnicity
- socioecominic status
- nationality
- gender
- sexual orientation

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what is important in determining if discrimination occurs

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intersectionality

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plastic

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not set in stone, changing over time
future development depends I part on what has already happened
- people can be molded and are durable

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dynamic systems approach

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development is ongoing ever changing interaction between body and mind

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psychoanalytic

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freud

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psychodynamic

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eriksons

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behavioral

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pavlov, skinner, bandura

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cognitive

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piaget

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evolutionary

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darwin

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frued believes

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development stopped after puberty

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eriksons emphasized

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family and culture

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Piaget, humans seek cognitive equilibrium

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mental balance and achieve through assimilation

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behaviorism focuses on

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observable behavior

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classical conditioning

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pavlov

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operant conditioning

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skinner

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social learning theory

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bandura (bobo doll)

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classical condition is when

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neutral stimuli becomes conditioned response

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operant condiitoning learning occurs through

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reinforcement and punishment

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social learning occurs through

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modeling what others do

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sensorimotor age

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birth to 2

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sensorimotor

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understanding of himself or herself and reality through interactions with environment
do not have concept of reality

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assimilation

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organization of information and absorbing it into existing schema
EX: only knowing dogs and cats and seeing a rabbit and putting it in the category of cats

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accommodation

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when an object cannot be assimilated and the schemata have to be modified to include the object
ex: only knowing cat and dog and then seeing a rabbit and having to create a new category of animals

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pre operational age

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2-4

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pre operational

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not yet able to conceptualize abstractly, needs concrete physical situations

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concrete age

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7-11

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concrete

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begins to think abstractly, creating logical structures

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formal operation

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no longer requires concrete objects to make rational judgments

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species need to do two things

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survive and reproduce

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five steps to scientific method

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be curious/question
hypothesis
test it through reasrech
analyze data/draw conculsions
report resultts

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3 common scientific methods in developmental science

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scientific observation
experiments
surveys or self reports

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scientfic observation

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record behavior systemically and objectavliy in a natural setting or lab

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expiemiments

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researcher controls/manipulates a variable (Independent) to see if it has an effect on a. second variable (deponent)
ex: medication on appetite suppression, independent is medication and dependent is on appetite levels

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groups in an experiment

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experimental: exposed to independent variable

control/comparison : not exposed to independent

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surveys and observation allows us to understand

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correlation (relationship between two variables)

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experiment is the only factor that allows us to understand

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if one factor causes another

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surveys

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large number, through interview and questionnaire

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cross sectional research

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one age compared with people of another age
EX: reading between 2, 5, 8 year olds

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longitudinal reaserhc

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following the same individuals as they age

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cross sequential

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studying groups of people at different ages and following then over years

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correlation

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this exists between two variables if one variable is more of less likely to occur when the other does

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positive correlation

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both increase/decrease together

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negative correlation

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one increases while other decreases

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zero correltaion

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no correlation evident

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correlation is not

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causation

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qualitative

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open ended q’s
not numners

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quantitative

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numbers

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ethics

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participation is voluntary, confidential, harmless
understand research procedures and risks
promote honesty and truthfulness

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