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Human Growth & Development Flashcards

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Development Psych

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study of changes that occur as an individual matures

includes: biological, psychological, & social

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Continually vs. Stages

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development is a smooth & continuos learning,OR changes clearly defined

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Stability vs. Change

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how stable are our personality traits, do they change as we age?

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Prenatal Development

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egg meets sperm (200 million competitors)
zygote (conception to 2 weeks)
embryo (weeks 2-9, heart beats, organs develop)
fetus (9 weeks to birth, responds to sounds & light)

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Brain Cells

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250,000 brain cells produced a minute in womb

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Prenatal Developement

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nurture vs. nature- can affect placenta, teratogens, sound of mother

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Teratogens

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anything taken into moms body that could harm baby

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Grasping Reflex

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anything that touches palm, they grab

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Rooting/ Sucking Reflex

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if something touches cheek, they turn toward it

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Moro Reflex

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startle reflex

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Babinski Reflex

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touch baby’s foot, then opens and closes

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Maturation

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enable orderly changes in behavior

we mature similarly, but timing varies

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Motor Development

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sequence is the same, but timing varies

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Walking

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12 months

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1st words

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1 year

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Telegraphic Speech

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put 2 or 3 words together, not a complete sentence (ex: go to store)

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Tasks and Developmental challenges

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  1. accepting ones physical makeup & acquiring a masculine or feminine gender role
  2. develop appropriate relations with both genders
  3. become emotionally independent of parents and other adults
  4. become economically independent
  5. deciding on/ preparing for/ entering a vocation
  6. cognitive skills and concepts necessary for social competence
  7. understand and achieve socially responsible behavior
  8. dating
  9. acquiring harmonious and appropriate values
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Authoritarian Parents

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strict, rigid, it’s their way or the high way, no discussion

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Authoritative Parents

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children can make own decisions, but still places limits

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Neglectful Parents

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parents are uninvolved in child’s life.

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Indulgent Parents

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parents highly involved, but kids are allowed to do what they want. (Regina George’s mom)

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Oldest Child

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high achieving, perfectionist, parents are harder

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Middle Child

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peacekeeper, laid back, easy going, overlooked

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Youngest Child

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manipulative, bend the rules, wants to be like oldest

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Divorced Family

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most children turn out fine, higher % of emotional problems

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Working Parents (latchkey kids)

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kids left home alone, parents need to monitor kids (phone calls)

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Gay/Lesbian Parents

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don’t have a higher emotional or incident problems

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Cliques

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intimate friend groups (usually 5-6 people), normally same gender

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Crowds

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larger than cliques, usually based on reputation (jocks, druggies, orchestra, drama)

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Metacognition

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thinking about thinking
Problems
- finding fault with authority figures
- argumentativeness increases
- indecisiveness
- apparent hypocrisy
- self-consciousness
- invulnerability
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Teenage Identity Crisis

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time of inner conflict when they worry intensely about their identities

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James Marcia

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uses terms crisis and commitment to classify adolescents in 4 identity statuses

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Will Marry

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90% of heterosexual adults get married

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Divorce

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40%-60% of marriages end in divorce

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Success in marriage

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  1. handling conflicts constructively
  2. 5:1, positive to negative interactions
    Cohabitation leads to higher rates of divorce and marital dysfunction
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Jean Piaget

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  1. 0-2 years, sensorimotor- develop object permanence
  2. 2-7 years, preoperational- egocentrism (can’t image world through other persons eyes.)
  3. 7-11 years, concrete operational- conservation
  4. 11+ years, formal operational- ability to think abstractly
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Attachment

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emotional tie with another person

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Harry Harlow

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monkey experiment

love is more important than food

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Critical Period

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unable to maintain relationships after designated time

40
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Konrad Lorenz

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imprinting

birds when birthed think first thing they see is mother

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Mary Ainsworth

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strange situation experiment
reunion with mom
types of attachment
1. secure-distressed without, calm when return, use mom as a base
2. insecure- more distressed without, resist comfort when return
3. avoidant- uninterested in mom

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Responsive

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results in secure attachment

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