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developmental psychology Flashcards

1
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nature vs nurture

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influences of heredity and enviironment

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continuity vs discontinuity

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is development gradual or does it occur in stages

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stability vs change

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does personality change or stay the same

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cohort effect

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effect of being born in a certain time or having the same life experiences has on the development on a group

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5
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schema in perception of memory

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influence of past experience on future perception

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6
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schema to Piaget

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mental frameworks that organize concepts into which we pour our experiences

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7
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assimilation

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taking something new and fitting it into what you already know

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accommodation

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adapting current understanding to incorporate new info

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sensory motor

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birth-2 years
use senses and motor skills to explore new world around them

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preoperational

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2-7
representing things w/ words and images but lacking logical and scientific reasoning

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concrete operational

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gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about events

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12
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formal operational

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12-adulthood
begin to understand complex and hypothetical situations

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13
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animism

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inanimate objects are living

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14
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artificialism

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everything in the world is man made

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15
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symbolic play

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imaginary friends

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16
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conservation

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how world physically works

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17
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reversibility

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cognitive envision reversing

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18
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decentration

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can focus on more than one aspect of a situation

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19
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current understanding

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can do without help

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20
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ZPD

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can do with help

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21
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out of reach

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cannot do

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22
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scaffolding

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assisting child w/ problem then stepping back and letting them do it on their own

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theory of mind

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undoing of egocentrism

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24
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attachment

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emotional connection between baby and caregiver

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25
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harlow’s conclusion

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babies form attachment based on comfort

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secure attachment

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becomes upset
plays comfortably
calmed by return

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anxious attachment

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tantrum
clings to holder
tantrum

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avoidant attachment

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ignore
little contact
ignore

29
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disorganized

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unsure when mother returns

30
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imprinting

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certain animals form attachment to things early in life

31
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authoritarian

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rebel/rule follower

32
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permissive

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unwilling to follow rules
immature

33
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authoritative

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happier
successful
independent

34
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oral

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birth-1
oral fixation

35
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anal

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1-3 anal retentive

36
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phallic

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3-6
oedipus complex

37
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latency

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6-puberty
unfulfillment in sexual relationships

38
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genital

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puberty-death
impotency

39
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trust vs mistrust

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is it safe

40
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autonomy vs shame/doubt

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independence

41
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initiative vs guilt

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instigate things

42
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industry vs inferiority

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what am i good at

43
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identity vs role confusion

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your place in the world

44
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intimacy vs isolation

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who should i marry

45
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generativity vs stagnation

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being productive

46
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integrity vs dispair

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have i lived a full life

47
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gender

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cultural understanding of sex differences

48
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gender identity

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gender a person adopts

49
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sex-typed

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cis gender

50
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cross sex typed

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transgender

51
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androgynous

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gender fluid

52
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undifferentiated

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non binary

53
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sexual orientation

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a person sexual and emotional attachment to another person

54
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approach approach

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choice between 2 liked things

55
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approach avoidance

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1 option w/ pros and cons

56
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avoidance avoidance

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2 options-both bad

57
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pre conventional level

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things are wrong they are punished

58
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conventional level

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rules are rules

59
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post conventional level

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rules are flexible

60
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women base decisions on

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the family unit

61
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diffusion

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idk and idc what im supposed to be

62
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foreclosure

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my moms a teacher i guess i have to be one too

63
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moratorium

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i can be someone else

64
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acheivement

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do you know who you are

65
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imaginary audience

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you think more people are paying attention than actually are

66
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personal fable

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adolescents think they are different
nothing bad will happen to you

67
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fluid intelligence

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recall quickly

68
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crystalized intelligence

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accumulated knowledge

AP psychology unit 6 (2 decks)

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