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Development Flashcards

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PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT:

0-14 days, cells are dividing

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Zygote

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PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT:

14 days - 9 weeks, vital organs being formed

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Embryo

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PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT:

9 weeks to birth

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Fetus

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PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT:

External agents that can cause abnormal prenatal development

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Teratogens

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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:

natural course of development, occurs no matter what

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Maturation

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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:

Innate responses that we are born with

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Reflexes

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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:

after continual exposure you pay less attention

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Habituation

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Concepts or frameworks that organize info

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Schemas

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Incorporate new info into existing schema

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Assimilation

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adjust existing schemas to incorporate new information

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Accomodation

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Birth to 2 years; focused on exploring the world around them (babies)
Lack object permanence
Develop sense of self

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Sensorimotor stage

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2-7 years; use pretend play, develop language, use intuitive reasoning
Lack conservation
Lack reversibility
Egocentric

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Pre-operational stage

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7-11 years; use operational thinking, classification, and can think logically in concrete context

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Concrete Operational Stage

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11-15 years; use abstract and idealist thoughts, hypothetical-deductive reasoning

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Formal Operational Stage

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Cognitive development is a social process and humans need to develop by interacting with others

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Vygotsky’s Theory

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Gap between what a child can do on their own and with support

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Zone of Proximal Development

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Patterns of emotional reactions

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Temperament

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Discovered that contact comfort is more important than feeding

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Harry Harlow

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Developed the strange situation paradigm

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Mary Ainsworth

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Upset when mom leaves, easily calmed when she returns; tend to be more stable adults.

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Secure attachment

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Actively avoids mom, doesn’t care when she leaves

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Avoidant attachment

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Actively avoids mom, freaks out when she leaves

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Ambivalent attachment

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Confused, fearful, dazed, result of abuse

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Disorganized Attachment

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PARENTING STYLES:

rules & obedience, kids lack initiative in college

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Authoritarian

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PARENTING STYLES:

kids do whatever, no rules; kids lack initiative in college

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Permissive

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PARENTING STYLES:

Give and take with kids, kids become socially competent and reliable

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Authoritative

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KOHLBERG’s MORAL DEVELOPMENT:

children follow rules to avoid punishment

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Preconventional morality

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KOHLBERG’s MORAL DEVELOPMENT:

Adolescents follow rules because they exist to keep order

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Conventional Morality

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KOHLBERG’s MORAL DEVELOPMENT:

Adults do what they believe is right

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Postconventional morality

30
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Said moral reasoning and moral behaviors are 2 different things

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Carol Gilligan

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ERIKSON’S SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

if needs are dependably met, infants develop basic trust

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Trust vs Mistrust 0-18 mos

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ERIKSON’S SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Toddlers learn to exercise their will and think for themselves

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Autonomy vs Shame/Doubt 1-3 yrs

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ERIKSON’S SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

learn to initiate tasks and carry out plans

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Initiative vs guilt 3-6yrs

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ERIKSON’S SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

learn the pleasure of applying themselves to a task

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Industry vs inferiority, 6yrs to puberty

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ERIKSON’S SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

refine a sense of self by testing roles and forming identity

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Identity vs role confusion. adolescence through 20s

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ERIKSON’S SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

form close relationships and gain capacity for love

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Intimacy vs isolation, 20s-40s

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ERIKSON’S SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

discover sense of contributing to the world through family and work

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Generativity vs stagnation, 40s-60s

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ERIKSON’S SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

reflect on life, feel satisfaction or failure

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Integrity vs despair, 60+

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Rapid skeletal and sexual maturation

40
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necessary structures for reproduction (ovaries, testicles, vagina, penis)

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Primary sex characteristics

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nonreproductive characteristics that develop during puberty (breasts, hips, deepening of voice, body hair)

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Secondary sex characteristics

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Continues developing continuously until the age of 25

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Frontal Lobe

43
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We learn gender roles and identity from those around us

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Social learning theory

44
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Cells have a max # of divisions before they can’t divide anymore

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Cellular clock theory

45
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Unstable oxygen molecules within cells damage DNA

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Free-radical theory

46
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Studies people of different ages at the same point in time.

Inexpensive and quick; can observe differences resulting from generational gap

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Cross-Sectional Study

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Studies the same people over time.

eliminates group differences, lots of detail; expensive, time consuming, high drop out rates

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Longitudinal study

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Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
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Stages of Grief

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Solving or doing something to alter the course of stress

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Problem-focused coping

50
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reducing the emotional distress

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Emotion-focused coping

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