Human Growth and Development II Flashcards
What is a “holding environment”?
The ability of the client to make meaning in the face of a crisis and find new direction.
What is representational thought/object constancy?
the ability of the child to imagine an object in their mind.
When is the critical period for language acquisition?
Age 2-14
What is imprinting?
This occurs when young ones identify with a figure as their mother.
What does RS refer to in the counseling field?
Religion and Spirituality
In what stage does centration occur?
Preoperational
What can result from difficulties in the symbiotic relationship?
adult psychosis
What is the zone of proximal development?
the difference between a child’s performance without a teacher compared with capability with a teacher
What are Carl Jung’s Animus and Anima?
Male and Female archetypes for inherited unconscious factors.
Robert Kegan is well known in what area?
Adult cognitive development
What ages are associated with Piaget’s sensorimotor intelligence?
Birth to 2 years
What is stage 3 of Kohlberg’s levels of moral development?
Good boy/Good Girl Orientation (Level 2)
What is equilibration?
The balance between assimilation and accomodation
At what age do children develop stranger anxiety?
Age 8 months
What are critical periods in terms of development?
Periods of time in which certain behaviors must be learned or they will not be learned at all.
When did elementary school counseling and guidance services become popular?
The 1960s.
Secondary schools started around 1900s, but this was limited.
The concept of dualistic thinking is attributed to whom?
William Perry
Exposure to early violence, including TV violence, results in what?
Increased aggression
In what order do children master elements of conservation?
Mass –> Weight –> Volume
According to Freud, during what stage does attachment need to take place?
the oral stage
What does heritability mean?
The portion of a trait which can be attributed to genes.
According to Lawrence Kohlberg, how many stages of moral development are there?
Three: Preconventional, Conventional, and Postconventional; however each is broken down into 2 more stages
Jean Piaget is well-known in what area?
Childhood cognitive development
What happens when development halts?
The client becomes fixated
Who was responsible for the work on imprinting?
Konrad Lorenz
What is a maturationist?
behavior is guided by hereditary factors but won’t manifest until prompted by stimuli in the environment
What is dualistic thinking?
The belief that things are either good or bad, right or wrong; black and white thinking.
Who is associated with learned helplessness?
Martin Seligman
Ego identity is what?
A term associated with Erikson’s 5th stage in which the person needs to integrade all of their previous roles to create their identity.
What did David Levinson’s research say about midlife crisis?
80% of men experience moderate to sever mid-life crisis and “age 30 crisis” occurs in men when they feel it will be too late to make later changes.
During Piaget’s formal operation stage, children are able to do what?
Think abstractly and use deductive reasoning
What is senile psychosis?
hallucinations, delusions, and thought disorders brought on by old age.
According to Piaget, what is conservation?
Conservation is the idea that a substance’s weight, mass, and volume remain the same even when it changes shape.
What are fixed-action patterns elicited by sign stimuli?
Ritualistic behaviors common to all members of a species.
What does the term epigenetic refer to?
This is a term borrowed from embryology and refers to each stage developing out of the previous stage.
What do stage theorists believe?
Qualitative changes occur between different life stages
What is sex role socialization?
Sex role socialization teaches children the traditional things which define differences in the sex roles
How does culture affect Piaget’s stages of development?
Culture may change the ages at which the child experiences the stages, but the stages occur in the same order.
What condition is learned helplessness associated with?
Depression
Do stage theorists believe each stage needs to be resolved before moving onto the next?
Each stage needs to be resolved in order for healthy development to occur.
When does marriage satisfaction decrease?
With parenthood
What drives the second level of Kohlberg’s morality: the conventional level?
Meet the standards of family, society, and nation.
What is stage 2 of Kohlberg’s moral development?
Native Hedonism (Level 1)
What is the visual cliff?
A measure of depth perception in children.
Why was Jean Piaget criticized about the development of his theory?
Piaget used his children as his subjects.
According to Mahler, what is symbiosis?
the child’s absolute dependence on the female caretaker
If the bond with an adult is severed at an early age, what is this called?
object loss
What age group most commonly shows dualistic thinking?
Teens
During what stage do children aquire the ability of symbolic schema?
Preoperational
In what stage does abstract reasoning take place?
formal operational stage
According to Erikson, when is the fear of death greatest?
Middle age
According to Bowlby, what age do children need to develop a bond with an adult by?
Age 3
What does Piaget think about lectures in schools?
They aren’t helpful; students learn by experience
Who is responsible for Object Loss?
Bowlby