Child Development theory Flashcards

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Behavioral Theory

  1. John B. Watson
  2. B.F.Skinner
  3. Albert Bandura
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development throughout life is motivated by inner, unconscious forces, stemming from childhood, over which we have little control

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Cognitive Theory

1. Jean Piaget

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Emphasis is on how changes or growth in the ways people know, understand, and think about the world affect behavior

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Psychodynamic Theory

  1. Sigmund Freud
  2. Erik Erikson
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Behavior throughout life is motivated by inner, unconscious forces, stemming from childhood over which we have little control

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Contextual Theory

  1. Vygotsky
  2. Bronfenbrenner
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Behavior is determined by the relationship between individuals and their physical, cognitive, personality, social, and physical worlds

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Evolutionary Theory

1. Lorenz influenced by early work of Charles Darwin, Bowlby

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Behavior is the result of the genetic inheritance from out ancestors; traits and behavior that are adaptive for promoting the survival of our species have been inherited through natural selection

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Evolutionary Theory Charles Darwin

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“survival of the fittest”

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Evolutionary Theory Konrad Lorenz

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“imprinting” ex. geese were attached first 20 min when born. Idea is that if not attached as soon as more, baby dies.

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Evolutionary Theory John Bowlby

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“attachment” believed this was necessary

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Evolutionary Theory Arnold Gessel

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“maturation” we all develop the same skills at our own times because of nature

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Psychodynamic Theory Freud’s 5 psychosexual stages (pleasure or gratification focused on biological function & body parts)

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  1. oral stage
  2. anal stage
  3. phallic
  4. genital stage
  5. latency
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Missing the Oral stage

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nail-biting

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Missing the anal stage

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too organized because he/she had no freedom

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Missing the phallic stage

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issues with future relationships

  1. oedipus complex= boy jealous of dad
  2. electra complex= girl gets mad at mother for not having a penis
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Psychodynamic ID,EGO,SUPEREGO

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ID= operates for pleasure
EGO= source of balance
SUPEREGO= Angel
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What happens if we do not satisfy our urges in each stage of the psychosexual stages?

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We develop “fixation” which is the behavior reflecting an earlier stage of development

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Erikson’s Trust vs. Mistrust p.21

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positive: feelings of trust from environmental support
negative: fear and concern regarding others

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Erikson’s autonomy vs. shame&doubt

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positive: self-sufficiency if exploration is encouraged
negative: doubts about self, lack of independence

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Erikson’s initiative vs. guilt

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positive: discovery of ways to initiate action
negative: guilt from actions and thoughts

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Erikson’s industry vs. inferiority

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positive: development of sense competence
negative: inability to identify roles in life

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Erikson’s identity vs. role diffusion

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positive: awareness of uniqueness of self, knowledge of role to be followed
negative: inability to identify appropriate roles in life

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Erikson’s intimacy vs. isolation

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positive: development of loving, sexual, relationships and close friendships
negative: fear of relationships with others

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Erikson’s generativity vs. stagnation

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positive: sense of contribution to continuity of life
negative: trivialization of one’s activities

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Erikson’s ego-integrity vs. despair

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positive: sense of unity in life’s accomplishments
negative: regret over lost opportunities of life\

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Contextual Theory

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We learn through social interaction with people who know more than us. “more knowledgeable other” MKO

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Zone of Proximal development ZPD (vygotsky’s)

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The space in between when the child can do things by himself

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Bronfenbrenners bioecological model

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we are influenced by many layers in the environment in diff. ways.

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Microsystem

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direct contact with child and environment

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Mesosystem

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connections with the micro

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Exosystem

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Child not involved ex. the job of a parent

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Macrosystem

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Everything you cannot control ex. culture, religion, values, beliefs, law, gov

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Chrono

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TIME! ex. divorce, school board

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scaffolding

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displaying something tangibly or verbally in order for a child to accomplish a desired task

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Piagets 4 Cognitive stages

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  1. sensorimotor
  2. pre-operational
  3. concrete operational
  4. formal operational
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sensorimotor birth- 2 years

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development of object permanence, motor skills, little to no capacity of symbolic representation birth-2

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pre-operational 2-7 years

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development of language and symbolic thinking; egocentric thinking 2-7 yrs

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concrete operational 7-12 years

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development of conversation, mastery of concept of reversibility

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formal operational 12 years and above

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development of logical and abstract thinking

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Information Processing Approach

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People have limited capacity for learning but can flexibly apply strategies

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Cognitive perspective

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focuses on how brain functions and relates to behaviors ex. brains of children with ASD are different to normal children’s brain, cause of difference in behavior ?

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Behavioral Theory: Watson & Pavlov- classical conditioning

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response to stimuli that were one neutral and then became a stimulus to bring response ex. manipulation of a dog salivating. ex. baby exposed to large sound and rat = fear of rat

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operant conditioning: B.F. Skinner

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form of learning in which a voluntary response is strengthened or weakened, depending on its association with positive or negative consequences

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Reinforcement +/-

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increases the probability of a behavior

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punishment

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decreases the probability of a behavior

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extinction

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behavior no longer happening

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behavior modification

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behavior modification, technique for promoting the frequency of desirable behaviors and decreasing the incidence of unwanted ones

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Bandura’s social learning theory

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Bobo doll experiment showed that people are influenced by others, learn through modeling and imitation

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4 steps for imitation

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  1. attention
  2. store info observed and recall
  3. reproduction “does child have ability to imitate”
  4. motivation/opportunity to imitate