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Development Flashcards

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proximodistal principle

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parts closer to the center of the body develop before parts farther away.

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maturation

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genetic or biological changes that are programed to happen (sitting before standing)

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assimilation

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interpreting new experience using exhisting schema

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schema

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a cognitive framework or concept that helps organize and interpret information.

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Cephalocaudal principle

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parts of the body closer to the head develope before parts closer to the feet

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cognotive development

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how a person precives, thinks, and gains an understanding of the world around them as they grow

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accomodation

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changing a exhisting schema to fit new learning

learning new things

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object permanence

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out of sight out of mind(baby)

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conservation

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understanding of quatntities (amounts and messurements)

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egocentric thinking

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being able to see things from your perspective

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depth perception

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part nature, part nurture. goats have depth perception as babys but human babys dont, they find out through experience.

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experience

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something that happens to someone, you learn through experience

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infant reflexes

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rooting,sucking,grasping

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preconventional thinking

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avoiding punishment to gain a reward

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conventional thinking

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gaining aproval and avoiding disaproval , duty to law/society

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post conventional thinking

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higher level of moral understanding. breaking the law for something you think isnt right. (segregation sit ins)

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Erikson’s psychological stages(8)

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  1. trust v mistrust
  2. autonomy v shame & doubt
  3. initiative v guilt
  4. industry v inferiority
  5. identity v role confushion
  6. intamacy v isolation
  7. generativity v stagnation
  8. integrity v despair
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trust v mistrust

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(birth-1)babys are starting to learn about humans and wether they can be trusted(neglectful parent) or responsive(loving parent)

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autonomy v shame and doubt

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(1-3)toddlers begin to explore the world and may become independent or develope sense of shame

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initiative v guilt

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(3-5)kids start going to school and have to start being social. if you allow them to do it themselves theyll do more things themselves. if you discourage them they wont want to do anything

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industry v inferiorty

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(5-12)school gets complicated and they have to learn to accomplish things. if they cant theyll find applying themselves difficult

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identity v role confushion

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(adolescence) they start to get rid of childish behaviors and gain more adult personalities. if they are succecful theyll feeel confident. if unsuccecful theyll feel lost.

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intamacy v isolation

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(20-40) adults start looking for intamite relationships. if they find them theyll feel they belong. if they dont theyll feel isolated.

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generativity v stagnation

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(40-65)when we try to teach the younger generation so they can grow up and learn. if your stagnent then you do nothing for the younger generation

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integrity v despair

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(late adulthood) you look back onn how you did life. if you feel good about it then your satisfied. if you dont you feel despair and get depressed

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freud’s phycosexual stages(5)

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  1. Oral(0-18 months)
  2. Anal(1 1/2-3 yo)
  3. Phallic(3-6 yo)
  4. Latency(6-puberty)
  5. Genital(puberty-adulthood)
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Oral Stage

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when the child learns how to deal with gratification

love from parents

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Anal stage

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child learns self control like potty training

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Phallic stage

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child competes with same sex parent to gain the opposite sex parents attention

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Latency stage

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sexual feelings go away and we focus on education and leaning

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Genital stage

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we look for partners that are like our parents

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Piagets cognotive stages (4)

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  1. sensorimotor stage
  2. preoperational stage
  3. concrete operations
  4. formal operations
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sensorimotor stage

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were just learning about the world through our senses

rooting,sucking,and grasping

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preoperational stage

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egocentricity: I can only see things from my point of view

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concrete operations

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simple math is understood like messurments and amounts

concrete analogies are understood

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formal operations

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abstract thinking can now take place; potential for moral thinking

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how does nature v nurture relate to development

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people arent made to be racist or sexist but they are meant to like what looks like them. the enviornment and people around them also affects thinking/personality

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