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Chapter 12 Flashcards

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developmental psychology

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changes in biological, physical, psychological, and behavioral processes

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critical period

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age where certain developments must occur, imprinting for birds, limb development in the womb

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sensitive period

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an optimal age range, language apparently

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stages

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discontinuous changes, crawling then walking, there isn’t a hybrid stage

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inverted u shape

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emerges early, peaks, diminished with age

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u shape

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emerges early, disappears, re emerges

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cohort research designs

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group born at the same

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cross sectional research design

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different cohorts/ages being compared at the same time

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longitudinal research

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same cohort different time

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sequential research

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testing several cohorts as they age

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germinal dev stage

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First 2 weeks
Zygote attaches to the uterine wall

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Embryonic dev stage

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Week 2-8
Placenta and umbilical cord develop

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fetal dev stage

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Begins week 29
Week 28=age of viability

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Teratogens

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environmental agents that may cause abnormal fetal development, alcohol consumption, FASD, the kid will look different and have a physically underdeveloped brain

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maternal malnutrition can cause

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Miscarriage, premature birth, stillbirth, impaired brain development

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maternal stress can cause

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Premature birth, infant irritability, attention deficits

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STIs can cause ____ in babies

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Brain damage, blindness, deafness, depending on the disease
Even just regular illnesses
Zika virus in a pregnant woman will give the child microcephaly

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when does a baby’s vision become clear

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12 months

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the development for vision is a ____ period

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critical

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habituation

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the reduction of a response after repeated encounters

a child becoming less nervous around a specific person

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Babies _____ the ability of adult phoneme discrimination

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exceed, if certain phonemes are not utilized the wiring for it will diminish

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proximodistal principle

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Development is from innermost to outer
Arms before fingers

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Cephalocaudal principle

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Development is from head to foot
Head is large - growth proceeds towards lower body

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what part of the brain is still developing into your 20s?

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the frontal cortex

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the first part of the brain to develop is the...
brainstem
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assimilation
new experiences incorporated into existing schemas making information fit into one’s viewpoint if the earth is not round like a plate but round and 3D but like a hockey puck
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accomodation
new experiences that cause schemas to change seeing the curve of the earth in an airplane, understanding it is round like a sphere
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Piaget’s stage theory, 4 stages
sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational SPCF=spicy coffee
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sensorimotor stage
Birth to 2 years Understand world through sensory experiences and physical interactions with objects Begin to acquire language Object permanence at about 8 months
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Preoperational stage
2-7 the world is represented symbolically with words and mental images do not understand conservation, and are egocentric-don't understand that people think differently than them
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concrete operational stage
7-12 easily perform basic tasks with tangible problems and solutions, difficulty with abstract reasoning
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formal operational stage
develops around 11-12 Think logically about concrete & abstract problems Abstract like-how do we solve the water crisis?? Form & test hypotheses statements
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Vygotsky: The Social Context of Cognitive Development
Social interaction is important Zone of proximal development, progressing in a way that is easy to follow multiplication to exponents rather than to algebra
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systematic scanning
being able to differentiate similar but not exact objects
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theory of mind
Refers to a person’s beliefs about the mind and the ability to understand other people’s mental states; rudimentary understanding begins at 3-4
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first year of life psychological crisis
basic trust and mistrust
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1-2 psychological crisis
autonomy vs shame and doubt
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3-5 psychological crisis
initiative vs guilt
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6-12 psychological crisis
industry vs inferioirity
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12-20 psychological crisis
identity vs role confusion
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20-40 psychological crisis
intimacy vs isolation
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40-65 psychological crisis
generativity vs stagnation
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65+ psychological crisis
integrity vs despair
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secure attachment
Explore & react positively to strangers Distressed when mother leaves Happy when mother returns
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anxious resistant
Fearful when mother present Demand attention Distressed when mother leaves Not soothed when she returns
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anxious avoidant
Show few signs of attachment Seldom cries when mother leaves Doesn’t seek contact upon mother’s return
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parenting styles, 2 dimensions
warmth vs hostility and restrictiveness vs permissiveness
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4 parenting styles
authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, negligent
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sex typing
treating people differently based off their perceived sex
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preconventional reasoning
right and wrong is based off of punishment and reward, not internalized moral values
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conventional reasoning
moral judgements based off the conformity to social groups, if i get caught i could go to jail, adopting other people's values
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postconventional reasoning
moral judgements based off of general principles/conscious, established value system things like the idea that it would be wrong to gatekeep the cure to cancer
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what influences conscience??
parental/environmental values. temperament, learning, attachment, emotional regulation
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pruning
getting rid of pathways that are not utilized and incorrect things, allows for more efficient thinking, the corpus callosum increases by 10%
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adolescent egocentrism
overestimation of uniqueness/feelings/experiences oversensitivity to social evaluation, imaginary audience, self monitoring
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4 stages to personality development
identity diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium. identity achievement
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identity diffusion
no crisis yet, uncommitted to a role
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foreclosure
adopting a role without an identity crisis i have long hair so ig i'll be more fem
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moratorium
current identity crisis, not resolved my messy 7 years
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identity achievement
gone through crisis, successfully resolved i am a boy, swag
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stages of career establishment
growth, exploration, establishment, maintenance, decline
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Kubler ross stages of dying
denial. anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance

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