Dev Psych Exam #1 Flashcards
Freud: first 3 stages
oral - infancy
anal - early childhood
preschool - phallic stage
oral
lips, tongue, and gums are the focus of pleasurable sensations
sucking feeding are most stimulating activities
anal
anus is focus of pleasurable sensations
toilet training is most important activity
phallic
penis is most important part of body
pleasure derived from genital stimulation
boys proud
girls wonder why they don’t have one
Freud: nature of conflict
- 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
Erikson: first 4 stages
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
trust vs. mistrust
trust that others will satisfy their basic needs, including nourishment, warmth, cleanliness, and physical contact
OR
develop mistrust about care of others
autonomy vs. shame/doubt
either become self-sufficient in many activities, including toileting, feeding, walking, exploring, and talking
OR
doubt their own abilities
initiative vs. guilt
either try to undertake many adultlike activities
OR
internalize the limits and prohibitions set by parents
either adventurous or guilty
industry vs. inferiority
busily practice and master new skills
OR
feel inferior, unable to do anything well
Erikson: nature of conflict
- 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
operant conditioning
-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
Bandura: social learning
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
Bandura: modeling
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
Piaget: major characteristics of cognitive and moral development
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
schema and associated terms
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
Piaget: 4 stages of development
sensorimotor
preoperational
concrete operational
formal operational
sensorimotor
- birth to 2
- use senses and motor abilities to understand the world
- gain: object permanence
preoperational
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
concrete operational
6-11 understand and apply logic thinking limited by direct experience gains -grasp concepts of conservation, number, classification, and other scientific ideas
formal operational
12 through adulthood
use abstract and hypothetical concepts
can use analysis, not only emotion
gains: ethics politics, social and moral issues become fascinating
heteronomy vs. autonomy
heteronomy: primarily influenced by parents and other adults
autonomy: primarily influenced by peers
Vygotsky: importance of learning
learning precedes development
Social interaction valued
Vygotsky: focus on influence of culture
culture is integral to development via the social context