Human Development & Interpersonal Relations Flashcards
The study of global sociocultural context that shapes families, community organizations that impact family diversity and life, and the evolution of family structure and functions.
Sociology
The study of child, adolescent, and adult development
Psychology
The traditional socialization perspective predicts that a shared environment should make siblings quite similar in all but which of the following; personality characteristics, values, food likes and dislikes, behaviors, adult lifestyle
Food likes and dislikes
Carol Gilligan developed a theory of moral development in women. She found that women value caring and compassion more than abstract rational principles. Describe her three levels of moral reasoning.
In the first stage, a female is only interested in herself in the second stage, she sacrificed her own interests for the sake of others. In the third stage, which most women will not reach, both interests are successfully balanced.
Jean Piaget is associated with creating a cognitive theory. His theory has three basic components. What are they?
- Schemes (building blocks of knowledge)
- Adaptation process (assimilation, equilibrium, accommodation)
- Stages of development (sensorimotor, pre operational, concrete operational, formal operational)
Piaget’s fist stage of development:
Sensorimotor
Birth - 24 months
Object permanence (peek-a-boo)
Piaget’s second stage of development:
Pre operational
24 months - 7 years
Egocentric. Symbolic thinking. (Taller glass has more liquid)
Piaget’ third stage of development:
Concrete operational
7 years - 12 years
Can work things out mentally (tall glass and short glass hold same amount)
Piaget’s fourth stage of development:
Formal operational
Adolescence - adulthood
Ability to think about concepts and logically test hypotheses (feather can break glass if rules state so)
Responsiveness
The degree of response a parent has to the needs of a child, and the general supportiveness
Divorce normally takes place within the fist _____ years of marriage.
4
Name some socio-cultural factors related to a high divorce rate.
The secularization of society
The desacralization of marriage
The deinstitutionalization of marriage
The liberalization of norms and divorce laws
The high level of expectation of marital life
Adoptions by whom have become more frequent?
Step parents
From a Life course perspective, as adult children mature their values become more similar to those of their parents because they have lived through similar experiences that include all of the following except; getting married, getting divorced, having children, shouldering work responsibilities
Getting divorced
As children reach adulthood, the sibling relationships in industrialized societies becomes ______________.
Discretionary
Erik Erikson’s fist stage of development
1 bun
Trust vs mistrust
Infancy
Hope (Monsters Inc.)
Erik Erikson’s second stage of development
2 shoe
Autonomy vs Shame
Toddler
Will (Finding Nemo)
Erik Erikson’s third stage of development
3 tree
Initiative vs Guilt
Preschool
Purpose (Inside Out hockey moment)
Erik Erikson’s fourth stage of development
4 dinosaur
Industry vs Inferiority
Elementary (Adolescence)
Competency (The Incredibles - Dash is allowed to run to potential)
Erik Erikson’s fifth stage of development
5 dive
Identity vs Role Confusion
Adolescence
Fidelity (Minions need a master)
Erik Erikson’s sixth stage of development
6 sticks
Intimacy vs Isolation
Young Adult
Love (Frozen’s sister bond)
Erik Erikson’s seventh stage of development
7 Heaven
Generativity vs Stagnation
Middle Adult
Care (Toy Story - Andy gives toys to Bonnie)
Erik Erikson’s eighth stage of development
8 plate
Integrity vs Despair
Late adult
Wisdom (Up)
Which stage of Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development takes place during early childhood and is focused on children developing a greater sense of personal control?
Stage 2.
Autonomy vs Shame. Children who successfully complete this stage feel secure and confident, while those who don’t are left with a sense of inadequacy and self-doubt.
(Finding Nemo)
Play and imagination take on important roles at what stage of Erikson’s psychosocial development theory?
Stage 3
Children have their sense of initiative reinforced by being given the freedom to play.
Which theorist is known for his “Zone of Proximal Development” theory of cognitive development?
Vygotsky
Which method s not utilized in family research;
Sociology, psychology, geography, demography
Geography