Chapter 5 Theories of Human Development Flashcards
_____ seeks to
understand how nature
and nurture combine to
produce human behavior
from womb to tomb.
Developmental Psychology
Cognitive Development
(Jean Piaget)
An organized way of interacting
with objects
Schema
Cognitive Development
(Jean Piaget)
Applying an old schema to new
objects or problems
Assimilation
Cognitive Development
(Jean Piaget)
Modifying an old schema to fit a
new object or problem.
Accommodation
Cognitive Development
(Jean Piaget)
The establishment of harmony or
balance between the two.
Equilibration
What are the 4 Stage of Cognitive Development
(Jean Piaget)
1.Sensorimotor
Stage(birth to almost
2 years)
- Preoperational
Stage (before 2 to 7
years) - Concrete
Operational
Stage (about 7 to 11
years) - Formal
operations
stage (about 11
years onward)
Cognitive Development:
________ Stage
Behavior is mostly simple motor
responses to sensory stimuli
For example, the grasp reflex and
the sucking reflex.
Infants respond only to what they
see and hear at the moment.
Children during this period fail to
respond to objects they remember
seeing even a few seconds ago.
Sensorimotor Stage
Cognitive Development:
Sensorimotor Stage
the idea that objects continue to exist
even when we do not see or hear
them.
Object Permanence
Cognitive Development:
Sensorimotor Stage
Infants show sign of self-recognition at
varying ages; the age when they first
show self-recognition is about the
same as when they begin to act
embarrassed (M. Lewis, Sullivan,
Stanger, & Weiss, 1991).
Self-Concept
Cognitive Development:
_________ Stage
A child lacks operations, which are reversible
mental processes.
By age 11⁄2 to 2, children begin speaking.
A child now understands object
permanence.
Three (3) typical aspects of preoperational
thought.
Egocentrism
Difficulty distinguishing appearance from
reality
Lack of the concept of conversation
Preoperational Stage
Cognitive Development:
Preoperational Stage
A child sees the world as centered
around himself or herself and cannot
easily take another person’s perspective.
Egocentrism
Cognitive Development:
Preoperational Stage
An understanding that other people have
a mind, too, and that each person knows
some things that other people don’t know
Theory of Mind
Cognitive Development:
Preoperational Stage
The knowledge that the appearance of
an object does not necessarily
correspond to its reality.
Difficulty Distinguishing
Appearance from Reality
Cognitive Development:
Preoperational Stage
Children fail to understand that objects
conserve such properties as number,
length, volume, area, and mass after
changes in the shape or arrangement of
the objects.
Concept of Conservation
Cognitive Development:
_____________ Stage
Children perform mental operations
on concrete objects but still have
trouble with abstract or hypothetical
ideas.
Children reason about concrete
problems but not abstractions.
Concrete Operational Stage
Cognitive Development:
_________ Stage
Children reach this stage at about age 11.
Adolescents develop logical, deductive reasoning and systematic
planning.
Later researchers found that many
people reach this stage later or not at all.
Formal Operational Stage
Achievements & Activities:
-Reacts to sensory stimuli through reflexes and others responses
Limitations:
-Little use of language, seems not to understand object permanence in the early part of this stage
Sensorimotor (birth to 1 1/2 years)
Achievements & Activities:
- Develops language can represent objects mentally by words and other symbols can respond to objects that are remembered but not present.
Limitations:
Lacks operations (reversible mental processes) lacks concept of conservation, focuses on one property at a time (such as width and length, trouble distinguishing appearance from reality
Preoperational ( 1 1/2 to 7 years)
Achievements & Activities:
- Understands conservation of mass, number, volume can reason logically with regard to concrete object
Limitations:
- trouble reasoning about concepts and hypothetical situations
Concrete operations (7 to 11 years)
Achievements & Activities:
-Can reason logically about abstract and hypothetical concepts, develops, strategies, plans actions in advance
Limitations:
-none beyond the occasional irrationalities of all human thought
Formal operations (11 yrs old onward)
Psychosocial Development
______ he divided the human life span into eight periods that he called ages or stages.
At each stage, he said, people have
specific tasks to master, and each
stage generates its own social and
emotional conflicts.
According to Erikson, failure to master
the task of any stage leaves unfortunate consequences that carry over to later stages.
Erik Erikson
What are the 8 Psychosocial Development
(Erik Erikson)
- Trust vs.
Mistrust (birth to 18
months) - Autonomy vs.
Shame & Doubt
(18 months to 3
years) - Initiative vs.
Guilt (3 years to 5
years) - Industry vs.
Inferiority (5 years to 12
years) - Identity vs.
Role Confusion
(12 years to 18
years) - Intimacy vs.
Isolation
(18 years to 40
years) - Generativity
vs. Stagnation
(40 years to 65
years) - Ego Integrity
vs. Despair
(65 years to
death)
Psychosocial Development:
_____________
This stage begins at birth continues to
approximately 18 months of age.
During this stage, the infant is uncertain
about the world in which they live, and
looks towards their primary caregiver for
stability and consistency of care.
Success in this stage will lead to the virtue
of hope.
Failing to acquire the virtue of hope will
lead to the development of fear.
Trust vs. Mistrust