Development Flashcards
What is Developmental Psychology?
The study of patterns of growth and change
occurring throughout life.
What is Nature vs. Nurture
How do genetic inheritance
(our nature) and experience
(the nurture we receive)
influence our development?
What is Piaget’s Theory?
Leading theory of cognitive development for
decades
sensorimotor stage
Understand the world through
senses and motor actions (0-2 yrs)
What is object permanence?
An object exists even when it is
not in sight
Preoperational Stage
Thinking is egocentric, inability to see the world through anyone
else’s eyes. (2-7)
Concrete Operation Stage
Cando logical operations
– No Abstract Thought
Understand reversibility
(7-11)
What is conservation
Changing the appearance of an object does not change the object
Formal Operation Stage
Can do abstract and hypothetical reasoning(12+ yrs)
What is Scaffolding
Children learn when
adults or older children
help them learn, need less help over time
What is the Zone of proximal
development (ZPD)?
What a child can do
alone vs. with the help
of a teacher
What is the strange situation task?
identifies type of attachment
Secure Attachment
Cry or protest at departure, greet mother happily at arrival, secure
base
Avoidant Attachment
Do not cry at departure; avoid mother at arrival; anger and do not
seek support
Ambivalent Attachment
– Very anxious before mother leaves, very upset at departure,
