Human Growth and Development Flashcards
One family structure on the rise in the US (fastest growing)
Multigenerational family
Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development
(Structuralist-changes are qualitative)
- Sensorimotor
- Pre-operational
- Concrete Operational
- Formal Operational
Piaget Sensorimotor Stage (1)
-Reflexes (biggest role)
-Begins to develop object permanence and representational thought
-The schema (mental representation of the real world) of permanency and constancy of objects occurs here
Schema
Mental representation of the real world
Piaget Formal Operational Stage (4)
Abstract thinking and problem solving via deduction
Piaget Concrete Operational Stage (3)
Ages 6-11
Develop capacity of conservation (object permanence-physical stays the same even if visually changed))
AND
Reversibility (one can undo an action)
Object can return to an initial shape/ability to think through a series of steps and then mentally reverse
Piaget Pre-operational Stage (2)
Early childhood
Dual representation-something can be an object and a symbol.
Symbolic schema-milk carton=spaceship
Animism: nonliving objects have human abilities
Egocentrism: child cannot view the world from the vantage point of someone else
Centration: focusing on a key feature of a given object/situation while ignoring the rest
Extinction
The withdrawal of reinforcement until the conditioned response no longer occurs
Kohlberg Stages of Moral Development
Pre-conventional:
1. Punishment and Obedience Orientation
obey or be punished
2. Hedonistic and Instrumental Orientation
must obey to get rewarded
Conventional:
3. Interpersonal Acceptance Orientation
want to conform/follow the rules to get
approval
4. Law and Order Orientation
must obey to conform to authority
Post-conventional:
5. Social Contracts Exists/rules are relative
6. Universal ethical principals in chosen orientation
may or may not follow rules depending on
personal beliefs about morality
Negative reinforcement
Involves the taking away of something undesirable so the behavior is INCREASED.
Albert Bandura
Observational learning happens primarily through cognition
Modeling
Bobo doll study (kids treat toy aggressively after it was modeled to them)
Object Relations Theory (Freudian psychoanalytical concept)
- Fusion with mother
- Symbiosis with mother
- Separation/individuation
- Constancy of self and object
*Progressing through consecutive stages gives child a secure base for later development by engendering trust in the child that its needs will be met
Zone of proximal development (Vgotsky)
Describes difference between a child’s performance without a teacher vs. what they are capable of WITH a teacher
Regression
Individual is returning to the behavior of an earlier stage in life (teenager crying for attention)
Erik Erikson’s 8 Stages of Maturation
(Psychosocial)
**Only psychoanalyst who created a developmental theory which encompasses the entire life span
- trust vs mistrust
- autonomy vs shame and doubt
- initiative vs guilt (self-confidence)
- industry vs inferiority (pride/accomplishment)
- identity vs confusion (picture of future)
- intimacy vs isolation (safe loving relationship)
- generatively vs stagnation (midlife)
- integrity vs despair (65+/pride in achievement)
*identity crisis