Human Development Flashcards

1
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Social development at 4-6 weeks?

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Social smile at 6 weeks
Recognize mums face
Shows preference for human faces

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When goes grasp reflex disappear?

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3 months

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3
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When can a baby localize a sound source?

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3 months

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4
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Which language task occurs at 6 months?

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Double syllable sounds

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5
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When does stranger anxiety occur?

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9-10 months

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6
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When can peek-a-boo be played?

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9-10 months

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7
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When can a baby crawl?

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9-10 months

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8
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When can a baby say 1-2 words?

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1 year

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9
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When does separation anxiety occur?

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1 year

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10
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When can a child walk alone?

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18 months

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11
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When can a child use a spoon?

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18 months

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12
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When can a child build a tower of 3-4 cubes?

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18 months

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13
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When can a child make sentences?

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2 years

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14
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When does a child show parallel play?

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2 years

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15
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When is a child dry by day?

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2 years

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16
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When does a child have imaginary companions?

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3 years

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17
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When can a child copy a circle?

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3 years

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18
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When can a child draw a man?

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3 years

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19
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When can a child build a tower of 9 cubes?

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3 years

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20
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When can a child copy a triangle?

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5 years

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21
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When is a child fluent with grammar?

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5 years

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22
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When can a child copy a diamond?

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6 years

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23
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When can a child roll over?

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6 months

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24
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Social development at 9 months?

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Stranger anxiety followed by object permanence

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25
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Language development at 1 year?

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One or two words

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26
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Key concepts of Piaget’s Organismic stage theory

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Development occurs in stages with transition occurring due to interaction between child and environment.

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27
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Key concepts of Psychosocial stage theory?

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Psychosocial developmental stages are characterized by conflicts but resolution is not mandatory for further development.

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28
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Key concepts of Vygotsky’s collaborative learning theory?

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Development is not private - child acts as an apprentice in social surroundings. Parents/teachers carry out scaffolding to introduce familiarity for child to develop own expertise.

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29
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What is zone of proximal development in collaborative learning theory?

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Functions not yet fully achieved but in process of pipeline whose development is aided by scaffolding.

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30
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Key concepts of Maturational growth theory (Gesell)?

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Maturation of nervous system as principal driver of various aspects of human behavior.

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31
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What develops at oral stage?

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Ego

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32
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What occurs in anal fixation?

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OCD like pattern, ambivalence and sadomasochistic tendencies.

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33
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What is fear of retaliation in both boys and girls?

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Boys - castration anxiety

Girls - loss of mothers love

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34
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What is the positive stress response in children?

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Brief, mild response
Moderated by availability of carer
Growth-opportunity

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35
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What is tolerable stress response in children?

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Exposure to non-normative experience e.g. death in family.

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36
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What is toxic stress response in children?

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Strong, frequent or prolonged activation of body’s stress response in absence of protection from adults.
Disrupts brain circuitry

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37
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When does attachment behavior peak?

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12-18 months

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38
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Phases of attachment according to Bowlby

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Pre-attaching
Indiscriminate attachment
Clearcut attachment
>25 months - mother is independent

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39
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When does preattachment phase occur?

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Birth to 8-12 weeks

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40
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When does indiscriminate attachment occur?

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8-12 weeks to 6 months

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41
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When does clear-cut attachment occur?

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6-24 months

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42
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Describe Type A attachment

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Anxious avoidant.
15%
Indifferent attitude to mother leaving/entering.
Distressed when alone.
Stranger can comfort child.
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43
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Describe Type B attachment

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70%
Distressed when mother leaves.
Comforted by mother, not by stranger.

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44
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Describe Type C attachment

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Anxious resistant.
15%
High level of distress, especially when mother leaves. Not comforted by mother and resistant to stranger.

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45
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What are the four patterns noted from the Adult attachment interview?

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Secure autonomous
Dismissing of experiences
Entangled
Unresolved disorganized

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46
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What are Mahler’s stages?

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Normal Autism (0-2 months)
Symbiosis (2-5 months)
Separation - individuation

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47
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What are the sub-phases of separation-individuation phase?

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Differentiation (5-10m)
Practicing (10-18m)
Rapprochement (18-24m)
Object constancy (2-5 years)

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48
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What happens during differentiation?

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What happens during differentiation?

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49
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What happens during practicing phase?

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Increase in interest on environment

50
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What happens during Rapprochement phase?

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Alternating drives to be dependent and autonomous.

51
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What happens during object constancy phase?

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Understand mother will not be lost if away.

52
Q

Who distinguished deprivation from privation?

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Rutter

53
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Describe deprivation

A

Attachment formed but lost temporarily.
If for short time then detachment phases seen
If prolonged - separation anxiety.

54
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What is privation?

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Non-formation of attachment.

Affectionless psychopathy.

55
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What is Kleinian theory?

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Maintained that oedipal development occurred earlier than Freud stated
Infant possessed instinctual knowledge of body
Weaning symbolically equivalent to castration

56
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What are Kleinian defenses?

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Splitting
Introjection
Projective identification
Denial
Omnipotence
Grandiosity
57
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What was the major technique employed via Kleinian theory?

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Play interpretation

58
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What were Winnicott’s concepts?

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Childrens psychological development occurs in transitional zone - between reality and fantasy.
Transitional object = toy that helps with transition. Buffer against loss.
Good enough mother = mother need not be perfect but provide growth sustaining environment

59
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What is theory of multiple self-organization re Winnicott’s concept?

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Parental control can lead to development of a false self-different from real self

60
Q

Who described the four types of parenting?

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Maccoby and Martin

61
Q

Common type of parenting in first-borns

A

More parental time
Higher IQ
More authoritarian + conformist

62
Q

Common type of parenting in middle-born

A

Least attention

Strong peer relationships

63
Q

Common type of parenting in last-born

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Most attention
Independent
Rebellious

64
Q

What was the landmark study that formed childhood predictors of delinquency?

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Cambridge study of Delinquent development by Farrington et al.

65
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Behaviors shown after parental loss in 3-6 year old’s

A

Assume responsibility for separation

66
Q

Behaviors shown in 7-12 year old’s after parental separation

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Decline in school performance

67
Q

Behaviors shown in adolescence after parental separation

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Angry
Critical of parents
Spend time away from home

68
Q

What is ex-institutional syndrome?

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Behaviour shown in those adopted:
relate better to adults than to peers
Less likely to have a special friend
Less likely to be selective in choosing friends
Turned to peers less often for emotional support

69
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What is the key study on childhood temperament?

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New York Longitudinal study by Thomas and Chess - 30 year study of 138 children

70
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What behavioral styles were found from the New York Longitudinal study?

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Easy - adapts well, active (40%)
Difficult - uncomfortable with new experiences, react intensely to stimuli (10%)
Slow to warm up - poor adaptation to change, responds at low intensity (15%)
Ungrouped - 35%

71
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What is neophobia?

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Form of inhibition in which child appears frozen and withdrawn in novel situations

72
Q

What is Goodness of fit?

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Reciprocal relationship between baby’s temperament and its social environment, resulting in positive development.

73
Q

What is the EAS model?

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Emotionality
Activity
Sociability
Temperament as inherited traits exhibited early in life.

74
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Stages of Erikson’s model of development

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Basic trust vs basic mistrust - birth to 18 months
Autonomy vs shame - 18 months to 3 years
Initiative vs guilt - 3 to 6 years
Industry vs inferiority - 6 to 12 years
Identity vs role confusion - adolescence
Intimacy vs isolation - young adult
Generativity vs stagnation - middle adult
Ego integrity vs despair - late adult
75
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What is schema as per Piaget?

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Basic building block/unit of intelligent behavior.

Schema consist of organized past experiences to understand future experiences.

76
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How can schemas adapt?

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Assimilation - new information is incorporated into existing schema.
Accommodation - schema is restructured to accommodate new information.

77
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Stages of PIaget’s model of development

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Sensorimotor
Pre-operational
Concrete operational
Formal operational

78
Q

In whom is language slower to develop?

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Boys
Twins
Large families
Social classes 4-5
Those that lack speech stimulation (deaf, neglected children)
79
Q

What happens in pre-linguistic state?

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Crying.

1m: distinguish speech sounds
6w: cooing
6m: babbling

80
Q

What is social interaction view of language?

A

Adults act as language acquisition support system.

81
Q

What is Kohlberg’s theory of moral development based on?

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Reasons for making a judgement in a hypothetical experiment (Heinz Dilemma) studied in children.

82
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Levels of Kohlberg’s theory of moral development

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Pre-conventional (7-12 years to middle childhood)
Conventional (13-16)
Postconventional (16-20)

83
Q

What happens in Kohlberg’s pre-conventional morality stage?

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Children decide right or wrong based on consequences.
Orientated to obedience - obide by rules to avoid punishment
Reward orientated.

84
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What happens during conventional morality stage in Kohlberg’s theory of moral development?

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Children believe social rules and expectation on others determine behaviour.
Concordance orientation - what the majority thinks is right. Conforms to avoid disapproval.
Authority orientation - upholds rules to avoid feelings of guilt and authorities.

85
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What happens in postconventional morality stage in Kohlberg’s theory of moral development?

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What is right is based on individual’s understanding of universal ethical principles.
Legalistic orientation - actions guided by principles agreed in group or essential to public welfare.
Universal ethics - actions guided by self-chosen ethics.

86
Q

At what age do children show awareness of their body

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3-6 years

87
Q

What is the Band Aid phase?

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3-6 years - when children are aware of their body and show preoccupation with illness or injury.

88
Q

When does gender identity develop?

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3-4 years of age

89
Q

What does Gender Schema Processing theory state?

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Gender identity provides children the motivation to assume sex-typed behavior.

90
Q

What is adolescent turmoil?

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Described by Erikson as temporary maladaptive state due to identity diffusion.

91
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What is Marcia’s theory on adolescence?

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Mature self-identity is possible only if an individual experiences several crises, finally arriving at a stage of commitment.

92
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What are the four degrees of commitment as per Marcia’s theory?

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Identity achievement
Moratorium
Foreclosure
Role confusion

93
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What is foreclosure according to Marcia?

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Avoids anxiety by prematurely commiting to safe and conventional parental and societal goals.
High degree of commitment.
Low degree of crises.

94
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What is Moratorium as per Marcia?

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Experiences height of crises but postpones decisions until alternative identities tried.
Low degree of commitment.
High degree of crises.

95
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What is role confusion re Marcia?

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Unresolved state of adolescence.
Low degree of commitment.
Low degree of crises

96
Q

Precocious puberty age?

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Boys - <9

Girls - <8

97
Q

What is equity theory?

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That individuals consider cost-benefit ratio for each person in relationship.

98
Q

What is reinforcement theory?

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Individuals choose partners on basis of reinforcement of attraction with rewards.

99
Q

Who coined the term Midlife Crisis?

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Elliot Jacques

100
Q

Who did classic work on grief?

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Erich Lindemann - studied 101 bereaved people

101
Q

Patterns of Grief as per Lindemann

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After unexpected death there is shock (10-14 days)
sadness
Anger - protest
Grief resolved after a year

102
Q

Stages of Bereavement as per Parkes

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Alarm
Numbness
Pining for deceased
Depression
Reorganization
103
Q

What cognitive function is most susceptible to decline with age?

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Working memory
Incidental memory
Attention

104
Q

Theories of role change in old age

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Social disengagement
Social reengagement
Social exchange
Socio-emotional selectivity

105
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What does social disengagement theory say about age?

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Mutual withdrawal of social and individual, increased individuality and shrinking life space are inevitable moves towards death.

106
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What does social reengagement theory say re age?

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Ageist society reduces social interaction that older adults can have - withdrawal is forced

107
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What does socio-emotional selectivity theory say re age?

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Wise investment of social energy in old age is to limit social interaction to those familiar.

108
Q

What was Waddington’s concept of canalization?

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Certain behaviour traits are strongly genetically determined (canalized) so development follows these behaviors.
Others are poorly canalized so environmental factors influence these traits.

109
Q

When is a neural tube seen?

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2-3 weeks

110
Q

When does neuronal migration occur?

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Week 12-20

111
Q

When is neuronal count in human brain at its peak?

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28th week in vitro - 40% greater than in adult

112
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When does myelination occur?

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Last trimester:
myelination of visual cortical white matter
9m postnatal:
myelination of frontal cortex (posterior to anterior maturation starting with sensory then motor pathway, finally higher-order association areas).`

113
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How does cortical thickness progress with age?

A

Decreases with age in back-to-front progression:
starts at sensorimotor areas, progresses to dorsal parietal,
superior temporal
Dorsolateral pre-frontal cortices.

114
Q

What is Magnetic resonance spectroscopic?

A

Measures n-acetyl-aspartate - an indicator of neuronal integrity

115
Q

What do magnetic resonance spectroscopic studies show?

A

Low levels at birth, rapid increase during first 2 years of life - may represent synaptogenesis during childhood

116
Q

At what month does a child develop colour vision?

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4 months

117
Q

At what age can children read time to the hour?

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4-5 years

118
Q

At what age can children read time to the half hour?

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5-6 years

119
Q

What task demonstrates ego-centrism in children

A

Mountain task

120
Q

At what age does co-operative play occur?

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3 years

121
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At what age does rule-governed play occur?

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5 years

122
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When does theory of mind occur?

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18 months