Chapter 9: Lifespan Development Flashcards

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developmental psych

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study of age-related changes in physical, cognitive, and social dev - from conception to death

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three domains

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dev is a liflong process that can be stgudied scientifically across 3 dev domains

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physical dev

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growth/changes in body/brain, senses motor skills, health/wellness

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cognitive dev

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learning, attention, memory, lanaguage, thinking, reasoning, and creativty

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psychosocial dev

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emotions, personality, and social relationship

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normative approach

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what normal dev is
- compare indiv dev to group averages

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dev milestones

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specific normative events when children walk, talk, etc..

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continous dev

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involves gradual, ongoig changes thu out lfe span w. beh in earlier stagtes provide basis of skills/abilities required for next stages

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discontinous dev

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distinct and sep stages (step-wise increase) w/ diff kinds of beh occurin in each sgtage
- suggest that cdrtain abailities in eahc stage like specific emotions or ways of thinking, jave definite standing/ending point

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middle ground

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some characterisitics are continuous and some are discontinous

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is there 1 course of dev or many

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is dev essentially the same for all kids (one coujrse) or does dev follow a diff course for each kid, depending on kid’s geentics and environment (many courses)

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nature

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genetic profile, biological influjeneces were born w/

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nurture

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environmental factors that shape dev
- not an either or; relative weight (how much determined by genes/environment)

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psychosexual theory of development

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personaloty is mostly estblished by age of 5

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fixation

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remaining preoccupied w/ issues of earlier dev stage

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psychosocial theory of development is

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emphasizes social nature of our dev

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trust vs mistrust

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cafreguvers who are responsible/sensitve help baby devllop semse of trust

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autonomy vs shame/doubt

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main task = working to establish independence

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iniative vs guilt

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initating activities and asserting control ove their world thru social interactions/play

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initiative vs inferiority

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begin to compare themselves to others

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identiy vs confusion

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main task = dev a sense of oneself

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intimacy vs isolation

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ready to share info w/ others

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generativity vs stagnation

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main task = work/contribute to dev of other thru activitieslike volunteering/mentoring

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integrity vs despair

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reflect on life

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cogniive theory of dev

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piaget’s stage theory involve changes in cognitive procxess/abilities
- cognitive dev is quantitive; think diff as we grow up

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schematas AKA schemas

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categories of knowledge
- help us understand/interpret world
- know what to expect (liek going to restaurant)
(cog theory of dev)

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assimilation

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process of taking new info in our prev existing schems
- child ADDING info to schema about what they already know about dogs
(cog theory of dev)

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accomodations

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chaning/altering our existing schemas iin light if new info
- kid have to create new schema when child leafrns that cats are not dogs
(cog theory of dev)

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sensorimotor stage

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birth - 2
- infant try to make sense of world

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object permanence

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kids undertsandinmg that ob jects continue to exist when they cant be seen/heard
(sensorimotor stage)

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animism

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belief that everythinhg is alive
(sensorimotor stage)

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preopeational stage

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2 - 7
- langauge dev

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conservation

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properties of an object, such as mass and volume, stay the same even though objects appearnaces change
(preoperational stage)

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egocentrism

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inability to take on perspective of others
- donmt undertsand othersw cant see what they see/experience world differently than they do
(preoperational stage)

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concrete operations

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7 - 11
- kids get better ubderstanding of mentla operations (can think logically)

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reversibility

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awareness that actions/relationships b/w mental categories can be reversed
(concrete operations)

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formal operational stage

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12 - adult
- think abiut abstract concepts

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postformal stage

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decisions made based on situations and circumstances (logic is integrated w/ emotion as adults develop principles depending on context)

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lev vygotsky’s scafffolding

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support for learning/problem solving that encourage independence, growth

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zone of proximal dev

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ZPD level at which kids almost, NOT FULLY comprehend w/out help

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lawrence loldberg theory of moral reasoning: level 1- preconventional morality

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dont have a personal code of morality

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moral code

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shpaed by standards of adults/consequences of following/breaking their rules

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level 2 - conventional morality

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begin to internalize moral standards of valued adult role models

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level 3 -post-conventional morality

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indiv judgement is based on self chosen principles and moral reasining is based on indiv rights/justice
- only 10-15% of ppl are capable of this

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prenatal dev

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starts at gametes

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gametes

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sex cells that form a new cell at conception

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zygote

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new cell formed by union of egg/sperm cells

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germinal stage

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fertilization (2 weeks)
- begins w/ conception

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conception

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sperm/ovum unite in fallopian tubes

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placenta

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connection b/w mother and fetus
- oxygen/nourishment via umbilical cord

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wht forms the embryo

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inner cells

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embryonic stage

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2-8 weeks
- embryo

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ectoderm

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outer layer; skin, nervous system

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endoderm

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inner layer; visversa

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mesoderm

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middle layer; muscle and bone

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neural tube

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later devs into cns

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at 8 weeks has everythin except

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sex organs

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fetal stage

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8 weeks - birth
- embryo know as fetus

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prenatal care

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medical care durin g pregnancy

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teratogens

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harmful environmental elements that affect fetus

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too young/too old pregnant

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more likely to have premature/lolw ekight baby

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thalidomide

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presribed for morning sickness
-led to phocomelia

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phocomelia

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stunted growth in long bones of body

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smoking reduces

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oxygen to fetus

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alcohol leads to

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fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
- heart defects, body makforms, dev delays
- most common form of non-genetic dev delays in US

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newborn reflexes

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reflexive beh presented at birth

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rooting reflex

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touch infant on cheek they will turn and open mouth

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moro reflex

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if infant feels theyre flaling will arch backs, throw head back, arms out, and will bring the back to center line of body

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attachment

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motional tie w/ another perszon

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secure base

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parent presense makes kid feel comfortable eniught to explore surroundings

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ainsworth’s strange situation

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observe child/caregiver in diff situations

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secure attach,ments

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some distress on separation; happy when reunited w/ parent

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avoidant attach,ment

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avoid parent; no distess on leaving

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ambivalent/resistant attachment

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very distress when parent leaves, want to reestablish contact but is angry while doing so

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disorganized attachment

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confusing mix of beh (parent kis inconsisten - kids doesnt know what to expect)

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self concept

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sense of self as separate; ideas about the self

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mirrot test

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see if kid recognize itself w/ makeup on its face

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demandiingness

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how strict parent is

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responsiveness

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hgow emotionally available parent is

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authorative style

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hig demands, high hugh responsiveness

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authoritarian style

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high demands, lolw emotions (dictator)

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pessimive (indulgent) style

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low demands, high responsiveness
(creates a chloe = brat)

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uninvolved style

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low demands, low respoinsiveness
(ben from never have i ever)

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adolescence

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transitional period b/w childhood and adulthood
- associated w/ teenage yrs

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puberty

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rapid physical cnhages that take place primarily in adolescence
- capable of reproduction afterwards

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adrenarche

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increase in androgen production from adrenal glands, resulting in bodily changes

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gonadarche

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maturation of the gonads

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primary sexual characteristics

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involve chnages directly related to reproduction

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secondary sexual characteristics

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involve bodil changes that make us look more male or female

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menarche

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1st period

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spermarche

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1st ejaculation

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growth spurt

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rapid increase in height