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Developmental psychology Flashcards

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Why do we give birth to helpless babies?

Give 3 hypotheses

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  • Brains are underdeveloped. Need a 18-21 month gestation period.
  1. Pelvis hypothesis
  2. Metabolism hypothesis
  3. Intelligence
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Give 3 hypotheses for stages of development

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  1. Cognitive development in childhood (Piaget). (Make sense of world, understand other’s intentions)
  2. Moral development in childhood (Kohlberg)
  3. Psychosocial development across lifespan (Erikson)
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Childhood in History

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Roman parents could kill unwanted children

Until 1500 kids from 6 yo would be treated like adults

Need for nurturing and schooling emphasized in the 17th/18th centuries in Western world

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Jean Piaget’s Cognitive development in Childhood

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Children are NOT mini adults

Children must learn to think abstractly

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What’s Assimilation?

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Interpreting new experiences in terms of existing mental structures (Cat = doggie??)

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What’s accommodation?

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Changing mental structures in response to new experiences (Cat vs dog)

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Cognitive development stages in childhood (According to Piaget)

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  1. Sensorimotor stage
  2. Preoperational stage
  3. Concrete operational stage
  4. Formal operational stage
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Sensorimotor stage

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0-2 years. Differentiation of self from objects. Recognition in mirror. Object permanence at 18 months

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Preoperational stage

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2-7. Use of symbols/symbolic play. Lack of conservation (idea that amount remains the same despite change in its appearance) Egocentric (theory of mind- you see it how i see it)

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What’s the false belief task?

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Children below 4 don’t pass this (typically). Recognition that others can have different beliefs from us

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Concrete operational stage

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7-11. Inductive reasoning, generalizations from observations, but not deductive reasoning (all birds have feathers. Robins are birds. All robins have feathers)

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Conservation task (of quantity and number)

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Things that look less must be less (water in differently shaped glass)

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Formal operational stage

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11+ Abstract reasoning, hypothetical thinking, scientific problem solving.

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Critique of Piaget’s theory

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Based on observing his own 3 children. Underestimated children’s abilities. (Vygotsky’s socio-cultural approach). Stages are too strict, some children are different.

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Moral development in childhood

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Lawrence Kohlberg. Studies why rather than behaviour. 3 main levels of moral reasoning (Pre-conventional, conventional, post-conventional)

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Heinz’s dilemma

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Dying wife, druggist charges 10x the price, man breaks into store

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Describe Kohlberg’s 3 stages in detail

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Pre-conventional (-10 years):

  • Punishment orientation (don’t steal because prison)
  • Naive reward orientation (yes, because he will have his wife after)

Conventional level (-13 years):

  • Good boy orientation (others will think you’re a coward if you don’t steal)
  • Social order orientation (don’t because there are rules to maintain order)

Post-conventional level (not all of us get there):

  • Social contract (government should pay for medication)
  • Individual principles (according to my own set of ethical beliefs..
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Critique of Kohlberg’s theory

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  • Western culture bias
  • Male bias
  • Is abstract reasoning equal to real life moral conduct?
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Psychological development across our lifespan

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Theory by Erik Erikson. 8 stages of psychosocial development. Dealing with social crises. Outcome of crises determines personality. Development goes on whole life (against freud, who said development ends at Puberty)

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Erikson’s personality + social development theory

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0-1: Trust/mistrust. Is my world supportive?

1-3: Autonomy/shame and doubt. Can I trust myself?

3-6: Initiative/guilt. Am I good or bad?

6-11: Industry/inferiority. Am I worthless?

Adolescence: Identity/confusion. Who am I?

Young adulthood: Intimacy/ isolation. Am I going to live alone?

Adulthood: Generative/self-absorption. Will I do something of real value?

Late adulthood: Integrity/despair. Have I lived a full life?

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Critique of Erikson’s theory

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More attention paid to childhood that adult life. Very vague, not testable, cultural bias.

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Other theories

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Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory and bandura’s cognitive social learning theory

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What’s imprinting?

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Innate form of recognition and attachment to a caregiver (Konrad Lorenz’s geese studies)

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What’s attachment?

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Enduring emotional bond that develops between infants and primary caregivers. (Harlow’s monkey studies)

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Give 2 theories on attachment

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  1. Feud: Cupboard theory- importance of drive reduction (hunger). Mother provides food- attachment
  2. Harlow: Comfort, not cupboards. Evidence from rhesus monkeys. Denying infants contact and comfort can have a detrimental impact on their development.
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Bowlby’s theory

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Attachment theory: Children come into the world pre-programmed to form bonds with others. Attachment in infancy results from the need to have a secure base from which to explore and learn. Return to protection when frightened.

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Strange situation paradigm

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Experiment by Ainsworth and colleagues.

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Attachment styles

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Securely attached

Anxious avoidant

Anxious resistant

Disorganized

(Last three fall under insecurely attached)

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Secure attachment

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React positively to stranger. Distressed when mom leaves, happy when she returns

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Anxious resistant attachment

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Fearful when mom is present. Demands her attention. Distressed when she leaves, not soothed when she returns. May angrily resist attempts of contact.

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Disorganized attachment

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Contradictory patterns of anxious attachment. May cry for mom at door but run away when door opens. Appears confused, may later adopt parental role towards parent.

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Anxious avoidant attachment

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Few signs of attachment. Rarely cries when mom leaves. Does not seek contact when mom returns.

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Social development and attachment

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Across cultures, 50-75% securely attached. Infancy is a sensitive, but NOT CRITICAL period for attachment.

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