Human Growth and Development

Question 1

psychodynamic vs cognitive

Answer 1

psychodynamic = unconscious 
cognitive = thought processes

Question 2

freud stages of development

Answer 2

Orphan Annies Pretty Little Girl 
Oral 0-1
Anal 1-3
Phallic 3-5
Latency 5-puberty
Genital puberty - adult

Question 3

robert perry

Answer 3

adult cognitive development and dualistic thinking (mostly in teens)

Question 4

idographic vs nomothetic approaches

Answer 4

ideographic approach look at individuals to create the theory (freud and piaget)
nomothetic approaches use large numbers of people to create theories and general principles.

Question 5

piaget stages

Answer 5

sensorimotor 0 - 2 (object permanence)
preoperational 2 - 7 (symbolic thought)
concrete operational 7 - 11 (operational thought, conservation)
formal operational adolescence - adult (abstract concepts)

these occur naturally over time

Question 6

vygotsky

Answer 6

development occurs due to educational interventions
language is a big part as well
zone of proximal development

Question 7

Heinz dilemma

Answer 7

woman with cancer, can’t pay for the needed drug. husband steals it, should he have done it and why?

Question 8

kohlbergs stages

Answer 8

preconventional: obedience and punishment/instrumental
conventional: good boy nice girl/ law and order
postconventional: social contract/ universal ethical principle

Question 9

R and S

Answer 9

religious and spiritual

Question 10

zone of proximal development

Answer 10

vygotsky

can only learn what you have access to - what the learned can do with some guidance.

Question 11

maturation hypothesis

Answer 11

development is guided solely by hereditary factors but will not manifest until environmental stimuli brings them out.

Gesell

Question 12

erickson’s stages

Answer 12

psychosocial Development

trust vs mistrust 0 - 18m 
autonomy vs shame/doubt 18m - 3
initiative vs guilt 3 - 5
industry vs inferiority 5 - 13
identity vs role confusion 13 - 21
intimacy vs isolation 21 - 39
generativity vs stagnation 40 - 65
integrity vs despair 65+

Question 13

bowlby

Answer 13

bonding/attachement

there is an innate desire to attach

Question 14

empiricism

Answer 14

can only learn from objective facts

Question 15

organicism

Answer 15

developmental stages are qualitative rather than quantitative

Question 16

robert kregen

Answer 16

life span development highly based on meaning making 
incorporative
impulsive
imperial
interpersonal
institutional
inter-individual

Question 17

frank parsons

Answer 17

founder of vocational guidance movement and first to pair careers with skills talents and personalities

Question 18

lorenz

Answer 18

looked at imprinting with geese - attachment