Chapter 9 Flashcards
Development
- New people change over their life span physically, cognitively, and socially.
- Study of how people are different at different stages of life
Nature
Provides suceptability to certain things and push toward things
Nuture
learning
Behavioral genetics
How humans are genetically driven to engage in certain behaviors
Evolutionary Psychologists
Seeing similarities across cultures (fear of spiders, heights, etc.)
Continuity development
- on a line
- develop slowly
Stage development
develop in fits or levels
Cross-Sectional Research Design
Different participants of various ages are compared at one point in time to determine age-related DIFFERENCES
Group 1: 20 year olds
Group 2: 40 year olds
Group 3: 60 year olds
Research done in 2014
Longitudinal Research Design
The same participants are studied at various ages to determine age-related CHANGES
Study 1: 20 year olds
Study 2: Same people at 40 yrs
Study 3: Same people at 60 yrs
Cross-Sequential Design
Different participants of various ages are compared at several points in time, to determine both age-related DIFFERENCES and age-related CHANGES
Study 1:
G1: 20 year olds
G2: 40 year olds
Study 2:
G1: now 25 year olds
G2: now 24 year olds
Chromosome
- In nucleus
- coiled chain of DNA
Gene
- small segments of DNA; code for proteins
- made of base-pair combinations
- Base-pair mutation: source of genetic diversity
*AT GC
Polygenic inheritance
gene complexes
Identical Twins (Monozygotic)
- One egg splits into two organisms
- genetically identical
Concordance rate
When one twin has it, what is the likelyhood that the other twin has it too?
ex: Concordance rate for bipolar disorder as high as 80-90% =, tells you influence of genes is profound
Fraternal Twins (Dizygotic)
- Genetic inheritance, 50% is shared
- 2 separate eggs
Adoption studies
- Identical twins but raised in different families
- Environment has NO impact on personality traits
- Environment DOES influence attitude, values, manners, faith, and political stances
Environmental Influences are important
Prenatal: human twins sometimes share the same placenta and are more alike
Germinal period (zygotic) *Prenatal
First 2 weeks, dividing
Embryonic period
*Prenatal
- 3-8 weeks
- Critical period: baby most at risk, maximally sensitive to environmental influence
Teratogens
Alter formations of major systems by hazards such as:
- radiation
- industrial chemicals (mercury PCBs)
- diseases/viruses (syphilis, genital herpes, aids)
- drugs
Fetal period
*Prenatal
- looking distinctly human
- rapid growth
- major systems are maturing
- mo. 4: can feel the baby move
- mo. 5: have all brain cels needed **
- distinct wake sleep cycles
Newborn reflexes
-Grasping, startle, stepping, rooting, sucking
Visual system: least developed system
Infant Brain vs. Body
- Brain development is much more dramatic than body
- Brain = 25% of adult weight
- Body = 5% of adult weight
- Brain cells pruning: Glial cells help and grow
- Infantile Amnesia
Motor Stages:
- sitting up and walking
- milestones help track normal development
Piaget’s Stage Theory
Age related stage. sequential movement through stages
-from one to the next to the next
Sensorimotor
*Piaget
0-2 years
- Schemas: cognitive framework for something
ex: what you see on farm, cows, barn, etc. - Assimilation: absorbing something into schema, framework
ex: Getting a cat and bunny confused - Accommodation: adapting to schema, altering the schema
ex: differentiating between the two, correcting
Theory of mind: Sally and Ann test
-One has their own mind and mental state
-Stranger anxiety
Preoperational
*Piaget
2-7 years
Symbolic learning: numbers signifying quantity, attaching meanings to words
Symbolic play: toys represent things that happen in real life (toy cars)
Egocentrism: They can’t see the world through someone else’s eyes (developing this throughout stage)
Conservation: Thinking about quantity, how a quantity is conserved (stays the same) *develop this at the end of stage
(video of little boy)
-Irreversibility: inability to reserve the process (water going from a short glass to a tall glass)
-Centration: focusing on one aspect of what they see (little girl drawing head huge because she’s focusing on one aspect)
Concrete Operational
*Piaget
7-12 years
- able to think logically with concrete things
- inability to think hypothetically/abstractly
- Difficulty explaining things, has to show the person physically
Formal Operational
*Piaget
12+ years
- Abstract and hypothetical thinking (correlation between coming to class and getting good grades
- May be limited to areas of expertise.special interest (some people are good at math, some english)
Temperament of infant and child development
-in born emotional, excitability , well defined at birth, “easy” baby, might be difficult babies then warm up