Exam 1 Flashcards
What is a theory?
- set of ideas or organizing principles - relevant assumptions based on beliefs about a phenomena- systematically related to each other
Empirical and Operational defintions
- precise can look at it from study to study, operationalized ex - colic in a baby, 3x a day, 3x a week, 3 by 3 by 3- fruedian fixation, PMS, terrible twos,
The menstrual stress/Joy Questionare
- people have rxn to menstrual cycle - menstrual destress question = way to operationalize it - when we try an operationalize something we can’t let bias sneak in
Development theories allow us to:
Describe - being able to describe what they should be doing in a typical phaseExplain - explain accurately what is happeningPredict - being able to predict and aid , ie predicting learning disabilities
Development is the following domains
CognitiveSocial - humans tend to be fairly social, how we interactPhysical - how the brain changes/bodies change, puberty ALL interact not independent of one another
Otitus Media
symptoms - snotty nose, eye drainage, cranky, frequent night waking, cranky, unwillingness to lie flat, fever, crying, screaming
Ear infections
- adults have nasal canals which tilt up- kids get more - we put drains (tubes) - omoxycilin
OM issues
- not contagious but respiratory infections are - OM is more common in daycare situations- OM is less common in breastfed babies, anitbodies in milk current concernantibodies = developing resistancetubes = relatively uncommon in other countries
Otitus Media and Daycare attending Toddlers
- purpose examine effect of OM on children in three daycare situations - children (12-18 months) were divided into chromic and non chronic OM- cildren were given a picture book and reading task, Results - mothers rated kids with chronic OM as less attentive - children with chronic OM in low quality daycare setting, attended less and shared more off task behavior on the picture book
Age Graded/History graded (cohort)
- History graded = great depression, on people who grew up on canned food, sexual revolution, more unplanned pregnancyies, post sexual revolution, more sex less unplanned pregnancies- Age graded = changes that happen at certain ages, going to kindergarten at 5, graduate high school at 18
Non Normative
- we have individual difference, not everyone has a pony, only child, grew up in rural area
Cohort
- people who are born at the same time, studying how kids learn to crawl
Development is … Multidimensional
- during development multiple things are developing but sometimes development declines - teen buzz only under 25 can hear - one town put up speakers playing the noise to stop teens from hanging out
Organismic World View
- egg -> caterpillar -> butterfly - qualitative change (stages/levels)- active development - actively engaging with the world - movement towards a goal, point where you are developed - seen an endpoint
Mechanistic World View
- no qualitative change - passive reaction - no movement towards a goal - can’t meet in the middle because they are worldviews
Contextual World View
- considers perspective between individuals and their physical, cognitive, and social worlds
Ethology
- emphasis on relevance of environmental contexts - seeks to understand the adoptive or survival value of behavior and its evolutionary history - important ethological concepts
Imprinting
baby geese, form a bond with first body they see, baby geese imprint on human
Sensitive/Critical Periods
letting babies bond w/parents instead of taken away, those allowed to bond reached more physical milestones faster
Bonding
importance of bonding changed birthing practices
Do humans imprint?
Klaus and Kennel - babies were permitted/not permitted to bond, babies who imprinted, reached milestones more quickly - species specific responses (laughing/tickling) - “Babyness” - rounded head shape, large eyes, below middle of head, protruding forehead, Bambi = exaggerated baby cues
The ecological Approach - Bronfenbrenner
- “embedded in the real world- believed development exists in a series of nested concepts Microsystem - individuals immediate surroundings, families, friends, coworkers, people you go to church with Mesosystem - connections among microsystems, parents interacting with teachers Exosystem - doesn’t directly contain the individual but influences them, teacher snapping at there kids becuase of a bad work day Macrosystem- values, ideals, customs and laws of a particular culture, in the U.S very scared of birht, highly sexual mediaChronosystem - (temporal/time) - having a sister, 4 years apart, children born during the pandemic
Independent Variable
- variable you manipulate, different TV shows
Dependent Variable
- impacted by changing I.V