Dev Psych Exam #1 Flashcards

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Freud: first 3 stages

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oral - infancy
anal - early childhood
preschool - phallic stage

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oral

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lips, tongue, and gums are the focus of pleasurable sensations
sucking feeding are most stimulating activities

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anal

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anus is focus of pleasurable sensations

toilet training is most important activity

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phallic

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penis is most important part of body
pleasure derived from genital stimulation
boys proud
girls wonder why they don’t have one

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Freud: nature of conflict

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  • development characterized by managing the pleasure principle
  • nature of parent-child relationship presents conflicts at each stage
  • how this conflict is dealt with has implications for adult life
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Erikson: first 4 stages

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trust vs. mistrust: 0-1
autonomy vs. shame & doubt: 1-3
initiative vs. guilt: 3-6
industry vs. inferiority: 6-11
identity vs. role confusion: 12-19
intimacy vs. isolation: 20-25
generativity vs. stagnation: 26-64
integrity vs. despair: 65-death
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trust vs. mistrust

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trust that others will satisfy their basic needs, including nourishment, warmth, cleanliness, and physical contact
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develop mistrust about care of others

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autonomy vs. shame/doubt

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either become self-sufficient in many activities, including toileting, feeding, walking, exploring, and talking
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doubt their own abilities

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initiative vs. guilt

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either try to undertake many adultlike activities
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internalize the limits and prohibitions set by parents
either adventurous or guilty

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industry vs. inferiority

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busily practice and master new skills
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feel inferior, unable to do anything well

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Erikson: nature of conflict

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  • development characterized as a series of conflicts
  • how you resolve each stage can have effects later on in life
  • each stage has 2 extremes but most people fall in middle
  • biological and sexual drives matter
  • more emphasis on social environment
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operant conditioning

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-focused on voluntary (learned) responses
process
-associate a response (behavior) w/ its consequences (contingencies)
-desirable results (reinforce) –> repeat behaviors
-undesirable results (punish) –> avoid behaviors
the behavior matters, what we think does not

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Bandura: social learning

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an extension of behaviorism that emphasizes the influence that other people have over a person’s behavior.
Every individual learns many things through observation and imitation of other people

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Bandura: modeling

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also called observational learning
central process of social learning, by which a person observes the actions of others and then copies them
learning occurs through modeling what others do

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Piaget: major characteristics of cognitive and moral development

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as individuals interact with the world, their thinking about the world changes
knowledge is actively constructed
how people think is more important that what we think

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schema and associated terms

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schema
-organizes and interprets information
assimilation (no change)
-interpret new experiences in terms of existing schemas
-fit practice to theory
accommodation (change)
-adapt current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
-fit theory to practice
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Piaget: 4 stages of development

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sensorimotor
preoperational
concrete operational
formal operational

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sensorimotor

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  • birth to 2
  • use senses and motor abilities to understand the world
  • gain: object permanence
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preoperational

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2-6
children think symbolically
-imitation and understanding of the world around them
egocentric - perceive from their own perspective
gains: imagination flourishes, language becomes means of self-expression

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concrete operational

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6-11
understand and apply logic
thinking limited by direct experience
gains
-grasp concepts of conservation, number, classification, and other scientific ideas
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formal operational

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12 through adulthood
use abstract and hypothetical concepts
can use analysis, not only emotion
gains: ethics politics, social and moral issues become fascinating

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heteronomy vs. autonomy

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heteronomy: primarily influenced by parents and other adults
autonomy: primarily influenced by peers

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Vygotsky: importance of learning

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learning precedes development

Social interaction valued

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Vygotsky: focus on influence of culture

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culture is integral to development via the social context

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Vygotsky: zone of proximal development

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the skills, knowledge, and concepts that the learner is close to acquiring but cannot yet master without help

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Vygotsky: scaffolding

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give a task with elements out of the child’s ability

allows a more knowledgeable other to help them understand

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stages of fetal (pre-natal) development

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germinal period
embryonic period
fetal period

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germinal period

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1st two weeks
zygote division and multiplication
implantation –> organism embeds itself into the placenta that lines the uterus
-60% of all zygotes do not grow or implant properly and thus do not survive germinal period

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embryonic period

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weeks 3-8
features
-head, brain, spinal column, vertebrae, heart chamber, extremities
-no sex organs
embryo has all its human organs and parts (except sex)
20% of all embryos are spontaneously aborted (early miscarriage)
-due to chromosomal abnormalities

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fetal period

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9 weeks to birth
further development of organs, parts, and extremities
visible sex organs
age of viability
auditory communication between fetus and mother
5% of fetuses aborted before age of viability or are stillborn
-factors: number of immature (pre) ovum, number of zygotes, male infertility

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affordances

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an object that gives a child the opportunity to act upon the outside world
an opportunity for perception and interaction that is offered by a person, place, or object in the environment

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knowledge base

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middle childhood

a broad body of knowledge in a particular area that makes it easier to master new information in that area

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control processes

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middle childhood
mechanisms that combine memory, processing speed, and knowledge to regulate the analysis flow of information within the information-processing system
include emotional regulation and selective attention

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metacognition

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middle childhood
the ability to evaluate a cognitive task in order to determine how best to accomplish it, and then to monitor and adjust one’s performance on that task

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information processing theory

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middle childhood
compares how humans think to how computers work
info from the environment is transferred through cognitive systems to create new output (how the mind transfers information.
sensory - short, moves to long term
knowledge base, control processes, metacognition

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separation anxiety

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1st 2 years
clinging and crying when a familiar caregiver is about to leave
attachment theory

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stranger wariness

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1st 2 years
fear of unfamiliar people, especially when they move too close, too quickly
attachment theory

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synchrony

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1st 2 years
describes early parent-child interactions
a coordinated exchange of responses between a caregiver and an infant

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myelination

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the coating of axons w/ a fatty substance that speeds up the transmission of nerve impulses from neuron to neuron
faster processing of information

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lateralization

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each side of the brain specializes in certain functions
left
-right side of body, logical reasoning, detailed analysis, and basics of language
right
-left side of body, generalized emotional and creative impulses

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zygote

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the resulting cell of the two gametes

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genotype

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the organism’s genetic inheritance - the genes of the chromosomes
genetic potential

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phenotype

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the observable characteristics of a person, including appearance, personality, intelligence, and all other traits

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polygenic

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a trait that is influenced by many genes

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multifactorial

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a trait that is affected by many factors, both genetic and environmental, that shape the expression of genes
may result in a phenotype that is different from the genotype

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epigenetics

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the effects of environmental forces on the expression of a genotype

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development of prefrontal cortex

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responsible for abstract and analytical thinking
maturation must occur in early childhood
-children less likely to throw tantrums
-capacity for self-control
CLASS
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newborn survival reflexes

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reflex to maintain oxygen supply
-breathing reflex
-hiccups, sneezes, thrashing
reflex to maintain constant body temp
-shiver, push away blankets, grasping
reflexes that manage feeding
-sucking reflex
-rooting reflex: turn face towards anything that touches their cheek
-swallowing
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fine vs. gross motor skills

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gross
-large, whole body movements
-running, jumping, sports moves
fine
-harder to develop
-writing
-pouring juice
-cutting food
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language expansion

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language milestones
-first words, names of familiar people (12 months)
-2 word combinations (18 months)
-3 or 4 word combinations (24 months)
language has a critical period for learning
-very good until 7

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qualitative language development

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CLASS

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quantitative language develpment

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CLASS

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moral development influences

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social cognition
-how we think about others
peer culture
-groups that have their own cultures - distinct ways of acting that are separate from adults
begins around 3-7: internalize family values

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moral orientations

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early
-heteronomy (influenced by parents and other adults
-respect for adult but don’t demand in return (unilateral respect)
-beliefs and rules learned from parents are absolute truth
middle
-autonomy (influenced by peers)
-respect others but demand in return (mutual respect)
-beliefs and rules arise out of human relations and are developed amongst equals

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theory of mind

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personal theories about others’ mental (thoughts) and emotional (feelings) states
generally emerges around 4 y/o

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theory of mind false belief example

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child watches Max (a doll) put a puppy in a red box.
when max leaves, the puppy is placed in a blue box, and Max returns
“where will Max look for the puppy?”
3-yr old: blue box (lack of understanding of deception)
6-yr olds: red box

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nature and TOM

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brains scans of 4, 5, and 6 yr olds and adults indicate that the maturation of the prefrontal cortex (responsible for abstract and analytical thinking) is crucial
more advanced executive functioning

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nurture and TOM

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children with greater verbal fluency are more likely to demonstrate TOM

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types of temperament

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response pattern to stimuli that is stable across time and situation
genetically based
3 types
-effortful control (able to regulate attention and emotion)
-negative mood (fearful, inhibited)
-exuberant (positive)

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temperament and experience (4 months to 4 years)

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fearful at 4 months
-variable (sometimes fearful, sometimes not) - 44%
-fearful - 42%
-positive - 12%
exuberant at 4 months
-positive - 80%
-variable - 15%
-fearful - 5%
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temperament causational factors

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genetics

nurturing parents can make a child less fearful