Development Flashcards
stage of development: prenatal
zygote –> embryo –> foetus
neonatal period ability (0 ~ 1 month)
sensory
mimicing
innate reflexes ( stepping; grasping; rooting)
infancy
- synaptic pruning = strengthening & elimination of synapses
- sensitive period = window of time allowing stimulation of certain ability
Attachment
emotional relationship
Ainsworth’s ‘weird condition’
Secure
Anxious-ambivalent
Avoidant
Lorenz
innate nature of attachment
Erikson’s psychosocial stages
adolescent = identity early-adult = intimacy middle-adulthood = generosity late-adulthood = ego-integrity
adversity
- Abuse
- Neglect
Chomsky’s Theory of language
- language is an innate ability
based on universality among different languages
language as a nurtured ability
telegraphic – short, simple sound
morphemes ‘ss’
overregulation ‘foots, hitted’
Piaget’s stages of cognitive development
process of
- assimilation
- accomodation
sensorimoter
0-2 years
- no object permanence ‘‘pikachu game
preoperational
- 2-7 years
- egocentric = no understanding of others’ perspectives
- no theory of mind
Sally-Anne task
concrete operational
7 ~ 11 years
- no conversational thoughts
formal operational
- 12+