Human Development Flashcards
Keagan Theory
Interpersonal connection to reality perception
Constructive model of development - construct through life
Debates over Human Development
Nature vs. Nurture and Active vs. Passive
Most current theorists insist it’s both but disagree on amount of impact exerted
Fetal Origins
Impact on development during gestation
Quantitative
Measured
Qualitative
Change in organization/structure
Critical Periods
Sensitive periods/ All or nothing periods
Development process that is nearly impossible to develop at a later time
Young children have more neural activity than adults Y/N
Yes
Shared vs. Non shared experiences
Nonshared experiences have more impact (i.e. different teachers)
G. Stanley Hall
Founder of psychology in US
First president of APA
Child/child guidance/seminal works adolescence
Behaviorism Theorists
Watson
Skinner
Pavlov
Wolpe
Behaviorism Concepts
All behavior is a result of learning
Passive theory
Do not believe in mental constructs
If it can’t be measured, then it doesn’t exist
Mind is blank slate initially and fed info like a computer
John Locke
Empiricism - Knowledge is acquired by experience
Erik Erikson
8 psychosocial stages of development
1963 work Childhood and Society
8 psychosocial stages of Erikson are based on…
Ego psychology and epigenetic principles
Growth is orderly, universal and systematic
8 Stages Erikson
Trust v Mistrust - 1.5 years Autonomy v Shame/Doubt - 3 years Initiative v Guilt - 6 years Industry v Inferiority - 11 years Identity v Role Confusion - 18 years Intimacy v Isolation - 35 years Generativity v Stagnation 60 years Integrity v Despair - until end of life
To Mislead (trust vs mistrust) A Student (autonomy vs shame) In Geometry (Initiative vs guilt) Is Insane (industry vs inferiority) Indeed. Real (identity vs role confusion) Intellectual Individuals (intimacy vs isolation) Generally Start with (generativity vs stagnation) Instructional Data (integrity vs despair)
Jean Piaget
Qualitative 4 stages of Cognitive Development
Genetic epistemology
Epigenetics
Idiographic
Piaget 4 Stages
Sensorimotor - 2 years
Preoperational - 2-7 years
Concrete Operations - 7-12 years
Formal Operations - 12-16 years
Memory:
Babies start to sense
People get formal as they get older
Piaget - Schema
Patterns of thought and behavior
Piaget - Adaptation
Occurs qualitatively
Assimilation: Fits information into existing ideas
Accommodation: Modifies schema to incorporate new information
Both are complementary processes
Achieved = equilibrium
Piaget - Concept of Ages
Ages can vary but order is static
Piaget - Object permeance/ Reflexes /Representational Thought
Sensorimotor Stage
An object a child cannot see still exists
Piaget - Centration
Preoperational Stage
Act of focusing on one aspect of something
Clown nose, but not clown face
Piaget - Conservation
Concrete Operations Stage
Child knows volume and quantity do not change just because the appearance changes
- Same volume of water, different glass
Piaget - Abstract Scientific Thinking
Formal Operations Stage
Keagan Constructive Developmental Model
Emphasizes the impact of interpersonal interaction and our perception of reality
Lawrence Kohlberg *
Moral development leader - children
3 Levels of Moral Development
Each level has 2 stages
Expanded on Piaget
Kohlberg - 3 levels
Preconventional - consequences
Conventional - conform to societal rules
Postconventional - self accepted moral principles
Carol Gilligan
Moral development for women
Women - sense of caring and compassion
Kohlberg’s work was only on males
Daniel Levinson
4 Major Eras/ Transitions Theory
Season’s of a man’s life
Levinson - Major Era’s
Childhood/ Adolescence
Early Adulthood
Middle Adulthood
Later Adulthood
Lev Vygotsky Concepts *
Cognitive development is not result of innate factors, produced by activities from culture
1896 - 1934
Educational intervention (not naturally)
Lev - Zone of proximal development
Difference in child ability to solve problems on his own and his capacity to solve them with help from others
Freud - Psychoanalytic Stages
Oral - 1 year Anal - 1-3 years Phallic | Oedipal, Electra Complex - 3-7 years Latency - 3-12 years Genital - Rest of life
Freud - Libido
Drive to live and sexual instinct even at birth
Sublimated until adolescence
Freud - Regression
Return to earlier stage due to stress
Freud - Fixation
unable to move to the next stage
Occurs when people are traumatized
Freud - Criticism
Focus on sex and not including rest of lifespan
Abraham Maslow
Hierarchy of Needs
Interviewed self actualized people who escaped the psychology of the average
Lower order psychological and safely must be met before self actualization occurs
William (Robert) Perry *
Dualistic Thinking
3 stages of intellectual and ethical development
adults/college age
Perry - Stages *
Dualism
Relativism
Commitment to Action
Perry - Dualism *
Truth as right or wrong
Perry - Relativism *
Perfect answer may not exists
Desire to know options
Adulthood
Perry - Commitment to Action
Individual is willing to change opinions based on facts and new POV
Diana Baumrind
Parenting Styles
Baumrind - Parenting Styles
Authoritative
Authoritarian
Permissive/Passive
Authoritative
high expectations
warm and nurturing
explanation of rules
outcome: happy and well adjusted
Authoritarian
Bossy - no explanation of rules
Outcome: Anxious, withdrawn, antisocial
Permissive
Low control, wishes to please the child
Outcome: lack of boundaries, social skills
Teen Pregnancy
Family therapy is the best treatment of choice
Psychodynamic Theories focus on…
unconscious processes
instead of
cognitive factors
Ego psychologists
Erikson
Ego: Logical, rational
Power of reasoning
Id
Sex and agression
Superego
Moralistic and Idealistic
Milton Erickson
Hypnosis
Brief psychotherapy
Jay Haley
Strategic and problem solving
Paradox
Arnold Lazarus
behavior therapy
phobia desensitization
Multimodal therapy
Idiographic Approaches
Freud
Piaget
Examine individuals studied
Nomothetic Approaches
DSM
Behaviorism
Groups of people studied