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Developmental Psychology Flashcards

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father of developmental psychology

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G. Stanley Hall

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Arnold Gesell

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nativist developmental psychologist; development is mostly biologically based and developmental blueprint exists from birth

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What did Piaget think about developmental psychology?

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children are actively involved in their own development

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R. C. Tyron

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tested rats on maze-running skills, divided into three groups based on skill level, bred them to create hyper maze bright rats and hyper maze dull rats

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Lewis Terman

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studied children with high IQs; large scale longitudinal study

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phenylketonuria

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genetic disorder resulting when enzyme needed to digest phenylalanine is lacking

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Klinefelter’s syndrome

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possession of an extra C chromosome in males; causes sterility and intellectual disability

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Turner’s syndrome

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only one X chromosome in females; failure to develop secondary sex characteristics

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stages of prenatal development

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zygote, germinal period (implantation), embyonic period (eight weeks after germinal), fetal (3rd month)

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rooting reflex

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infants turn when cheek is stroked

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Moro reflex

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infants react to abrupt movements of their head by flinging out their arms

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Babinski reflex

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infants’ toes automatically spread apart when the soles of their feet are stimulated

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grasping reflex

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infants automatically close their fingers around objects placed in their hands

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What are some key ideas that Piaget came up with?

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schemata, adaptation (assimilation and accommodation), four stages of cognitive development

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schemata

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organized patterns of behaviour and or thought. Infants develop behavioural schemata (action tendencies: and older children develop operational schemata (abstract representation of cognition)

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assimilation

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process of interpreting new information in terms of existing schemata

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accommodation

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occurs when new information doesn’t fit into existing schemata so existing schemata need to be modified to adapt to new information

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stages of cognitive development in order

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sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational

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sensorimotor

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birth to 2 years old; primary and secondary circular reactions; no object permanence

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preoperational

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2 to 7 years; object permanence achieved; centration (focus on only one part of a phenomenon); egocentrism (no theory of mind); no conservation

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concrete operational

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7 to 11 years; conservation achieved; formal operations (form hypotheses and make deductions)

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What did Piaget say about language?

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how we use it depends on which cognitive stage we are in - development of thought directs development of language

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criticism of Piaget

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used case studies (clinical method)

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Leo Vygotsky

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zone of proximal development; culture shapes development

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zone of proximal development

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skills and abilities that have not yet fully developed but are in the process of development

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four components of language

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phonology, semantics, syntax, phonemes

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Lenneberg, Rebelsky, Nichols

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all children begin to babble at the same time, but for deaf children they stop soon after they start and hearing children continue to babble until a year old

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holophrasis

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stage when toddlers use a single word (holophrase) to express a complete thought

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errors of growth

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children learn vocabulary rapidly, but they make more grammatical errors

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age when language is substantially mastered

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5

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Chomsky

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transformational grammar; language acquisition device

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critical vs. sensitive period of language development

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it’s probably sensitive (case of abused girl Genier who had no contact from 2-13; able to learn some aspects of syntax but not others)

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Freud’s stages of psychosexual development in order

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oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital

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Erik Erikson

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psychosocial theory - development is a sequence of central life crises where development occurs through resolution of conflicts between needs and social demands

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Eight stages of Erik Erikson’s development theory

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(1) trust vs. mistrust (1st year)
(2) autonomy vs. shame/doubt (1-3 years)
(3) initiative vs. guilt (3-6 years)
(4) industry vs. inferiority (6-12 years)
(5) identity vs. role confusion (adolescence)
(6) intimacy vs. isolation (young adulthood)
(7) generativity vs. stagnation (middle age)
(8) integrity vs. despair (old age)

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features of temperament

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somewhat heritable, emerges during infancy, stable over time pervasive across situations

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Thomas and Chess

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three categories of temperament in babies: easy, slow to warm up, and difficult

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Jerome Kagan

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temperament is strong predictor of adult behaviours

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Peter Wolff

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three kinds of crying: basic cry (hungry), angry cry (frustration), pain cry

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Harlow

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rhesus monkeys - babies preferred the cloth “mother” over the feeding mother

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Bowlby

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attachment theory

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phases of attachment

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(1) infant reacts the same to each face
(2) infant discriminates between familiar and unfamiliar faces
(3) 6 months - infant seeks out and responds specifically to mother
(4) 9 to 12 months - stranger anxiety
(5) 2nd year - separation anxiety (doesn’t like being away from mother
(6) 3rd year - separation anxiety resolved

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Mary Ainsworth

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strange situation procedure to examine attachment styles. identified insecure/avoidant attachment, secure attachment, insecure/resistant attachment

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Konrad Lorenz

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imprinting

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Kohlberg

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three phases of moral development & three stages of self-socialization

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What are Kohlberg’s stages of moral development in order?

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(1) preconventional morality (punishment and reward)
(2) conventional phase of morality (social rules)
(3) post conventional morality (social contract - greater good and universal ethics)

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Criticism of Kohlberg

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Gilligan - males and females adopt different perspectives on moral issues. Kohlberg only studies males. Gilligan argued that females were concerned more with caring, compassion, relationships, and social responsibilities

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Kohlberg’s gender stages

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(1) gender labeling; 2-3 years old; I am a girl/boy (2) gender stability; 3-4; I will be a girl/boy when older (3) gender consistency; 4-7; permanency of gender

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Martin & Halverson

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gender schematic processing theory - once labeling occurs, child pay more attention to the gender they’ve labelled themselves as

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Diana Baumrind

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parental style and discipline: authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive

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