Chapter 9: Theories of Social Development Flashcards
MIDTERM 2
achievement motivation
refers to whether children are motivated by learning goals, seeking to improve their competence and master new material, or by performance goals, seeking to receive positive assessments of their competence or to avoid negative assessments
anal stage
the second stage in Freud’s theory, lasting roughly from 1 to 3 years of age, in which the primary source of pleasure comes from defecation
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
a syndrome that involves difficulty in sustaining attention
behavior modification
a form of therapy based on principles of operant conditioning in which reinforcement contingencies are changed to encourage more adaptive behavior
child maltreatment
intentional abuse or neglect that endangers the well-being of anyone under the age of 18
chronosystem
in the bioecological model, historical changes that influence the other systems
ego
in psychoanalytic theory, the second personality structure to develop. It is the rational, logical, problem-solving component of personality
Electra complex
Freud’s term for the conflict experienced by girls in the phallic stage when they develop unacceptable romantic feelings for their father and see their mother as a rival. (The complex is named after a figure in Greek mythology who arranged for the murder of her mother)
entity theory
a theory that a person’s level of intelligence is fixed and unchangeable
entity/helpless orientation
a general tendency to attribute success and failure to enduring aspects of the self and to give up in the face of failure
erogenous zones
in Freud’s theory, areas of the body that become erotically sensitive in successive stages of development
ethology
the study of the evolutionary bases of behavior
exosystem
in the bioecological model, environmental settings that a person does not directly experience but that can affect the person indirectly
genital stage
the fifth and final stage in Freud’s theory, beginning in adolescence, in which maturation and sexual intercourse becomes a major goal
hostile attributional bias
in Dodge’s theory, the tendency to assume that other people’s ambiguous actions stem from a hostile intent
id
in psychoanalytic theory, the earliest and most primitive personality structure. It is unconscious and operates with the goal of seeking pleasure
imprinting
a form of learning in which the young of some species of newborn birds and mammals become attached to and follow adult members of the species (usually their mother)
incremental theory
a theory that a person’s intelligence can grow as a function of experience
incremental/mastery orientation
a general tendency to attribute success and failure to the amount of effort expended and to persist in the face of failure
intermittent reinforcement
inconsistent response to the behavior of another person, for example, sometimes punishing an unacceptable behavior and sometimes ignoring it
internalization
the process of adopting as one’s own the attributes, beliefs, and standards of another person
latency period
the fourth stage in Freud’s theory, lasting from age 6 to age 12, in which sexual energy gets channeled into socially acceptable activities
macrosystem
in the bioecological model, the larger cultural and social context within which the other systems are embedded
mesosystem
in the bioecological model the interconnections among immediate, or microsystem, settings