Chapter 10

Question 1

Developmental psychology

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• study of how behaviour changes over the lifespan

Question 2

Post hoc fallacy

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• false assumption that because one event occurred before another event, it must have caused that event

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Bidirectional influences

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• developmental influences are bidirectional
• children’s experiences influence their development, but their development also influences their experiences
• parents influence their children’s behaviour, which influences the parents’ behaviour

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Cross-sectional design

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• research design that examines people of different ages at a single point in time
• groups of participants that differ in age perform the same task
• quicker and cheaper, but subject to cohort effects (differences may be between generations rather than between ages)

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Longitudinal design

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• research design that examines development in the same group of people on multiple occasions over time
• the same people observed over time/ages
• longer and more expensive
• people may withdraw because the study is long term; the people who choose to withdraw is not random
• testing the same people repeatedly may result in them becoming better at the test

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Cohort effects

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• effect observed in a sample of participants that results from individuals in the sample growing up at the same time

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Attrition

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• participants dropping out of the study before it is completed
• selective attrition is when the dropout of participants is not random

Question 8

List 2 myths about early development

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1. Infant determinism

2. Childhood fragility

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Infant determinism

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• the myth that extremely early experiences (first 3 years of life) are more influential than later experiences in shaping us as adults
• there is no evidence that separating an infant from its mother during the first few hours after birth can produce lasting negative consequences for emotional adjustment
• early experience plays an important role in children’s development, but later experience can often offset the negative effects of early deprivation

Question 10

Childhood fragility

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• the myth that children are easily damaged by experiences

Question 11

Resiliency

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• the idea that children can withstand stress

- supported by research

Question 12

Nature

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• biological endowment; genes

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Nurture

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• physical and social environment

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Gene-environment interaction

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• the effects of genes depend on the environment
• possessing a certain gene may result in higher risk of being a criminal, but only if you are also exposed to a certain environment
• therefore, you need both the gene and the environment to see the effects

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Epigenetics (gene expression)

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• some genes “turn on” in response to specific environmental events

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Nature via nurture

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• genetic predispositions can drive us to select and create particulate environments
• environment may be a consequence of genetic predispositions
• ie. fearful children will seek out safe environments, doesn’t mean that safe environments result in fearful children

Question 17

Prenatal development (define + list stages)

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• development that occurs prior to birth
  1. Germinal period
  2. Embryonic period
  3. Fetal period

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Germinal period

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Embryonic period

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Fetal period

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Obstacles to normal fetal development

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Zygote

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Blastocyst

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Fetus

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Teratogens

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Genetic disruptions

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Prematurity

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Maternal factors

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Question 29

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

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Question 30

Motor behaviours

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Question 31

Attachment

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Strange situation

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Question 33

List the 4 attachment styles

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Secure

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Insecure-avoidant

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Insecure-anxious (insecure-ambivalent)

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Disorganized

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Question 38

Jean Piaget

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Question 39

Piaget’s theory of how children learn

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Assimilation

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Accomodation

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Question 42

Piaget’s stages of development

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Question 43

Sensorimotor

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Preoperational

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Concrete operations

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Formal operations

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Question 47

Current views on Piaget’s stages of development

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Question 48

Lawrence Kohlberg

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Question 49

Kohlberg’s stages of moral development

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Question 50

Preconventional moral reasoning

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Question 51

Conventional moral reasoning

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Question 52

Postconventional moral reasioning

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Question 53

What are the major milestones for motor development?

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1. Sitting without support
2. Crawling
3. Standing
4. Cruising
5. Walking without assistance
6. Running

Question 54

What are some factors influencing motor development?

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1. Physical maturation

2. Cultural/parenting practices

Question 55

Motor development: Physical maturation

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Question 56

Motor development: Cultural/parenting practices

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