Introduction To Human Development: Journey Through Life Cycle Flashcards
5 conceptual models
Biological Sociocultural Psychological/psychodynamic Spiritual Biopsychosocial
Main subject of Medicine
Man
Model which focuses on the anatomy and physiology of human body
Biological model
Model that focuses on the context of human life
Growing circle of relationships
Sociocultural model
Dyad
Mother-child
Triad
Mother-father-child
A model that emphasizes the primacy of human experiences as shapers of behavior and wiring of human brain
Psychodynamic model
A process of transferring of past feelings, experiences, and memories to the present
Transference
Relationship with a force bigger than oneself
Spiritual model
Combination of biological, psychological, and social factors
Biopsychosocial model
Understanding how health or disease is affected by multiple levels of organization
Biopsychosocial model
Something wrong with the structures and functions of the body
Disease
Something wrong with the functions of the mind
Disorder
Interdisciplinary approach; looking into systems
Biopsychosocial model
Optimal environment for growth and development
Stable
Predictable events
Adults that can provide basic needs of children
Basic needs
Material needs Protection from danger Affection, acceptance, approval Discipline, demands New experience
Unconditional (3As)
Affection
Acceptance
Conditional
Linked to discipline and demands
Approval
First environment into which a child is born
Family
Unit most capable of providing basic needs
Family
Responsible for transmission of social rules and values
Adult (Family)
Theory that explains the development of a human as he/she resolves psychosocial crises in each stage
8 stages of psychosocial development
(Basic conflict)
Infancy
Basic trust vs. mistrust
(Basic conflict)
Oral
Basic trust vs. mistrust
(Basic conflict)
Toddler
Autonomy vs. shame
(Basic conflict)
Anal
Autonomy vs. shame
(Basic conflict)
Pre-school
Initiative vs. guilt
(Basic conflict)
Phallic
Initiative vs. guilt
School age
Industry vs. inferiority
Latency
Industry vs. inferiority
(Basic conflict)
Adolescence
Identity vs. role diffusion
(Basic conflict)
Early adult
Intimacy vs. isolation
(Basic conflict)
Middle age
Generativity vs. stagnation
(Basic conflict)
Old Age
Integrity vs. despair
Part of human life cycle
Total dependent state
Infancy
Infant capabilities
Tracking Crying Grasping Reaching Smiling Babbling
6-8 months, stranger anxiety
Selective attachment
Relationship between the primary caregiver and the baby upon the response of the caregiver to the needs of the baby
Trust vs. Mistrust
Warmth, regularity, dependable affection, safe
Basic trust
Doubt or watchfulness until infant feels safe
Mistrust
Part of human life cycle
Clear evidence of emotions
Toddler
Part of human life cycle
Attachment
Selective attachment
Infancy
Part of human life cycle Issue of control Transitional objects Magical thinking Imaginary companion
Toddler
Toilet training
Discipline
Issue of control
Provide psychological comfort especially during emotional transition from dependence to independence
Transitional object
Attribution of causal relationships between thoughts/actions and events
Magical thinking
Creation of companion
Imaginary companion
Embarrassment and shame as a form of discipline
Autonomy vs. shame
Explores surroundings, asserting their will
Autonomy
Results from too much demands too soon, refuse to let children perform tasks of which they are capable, or ridicule early attempts at self-sufficiency
Shame
Biologically determined tendency of a young child to seek proximity to the parent during the time of stress
Survival of infants
Attachment
A powerful signal to entice adults to approach infant
Infant’s cry
First step in long journey of life cycle
Infant-mother relationship attachment
Bowlby’s Phases of
Attachment Development
Indiscriminate social responsiveness
Birth-2 months
Bowlby’s Phases of
Attachment Development
Discriminating sociability
2-7 months
Bowlby’s Phases of
Attachment Development
Intentional and focused attachment
7-24/30 months
Depends on the responsiveness and sensitivity of the infant’s caretaker/mother
Infant-mother Relationship Attachment
Infant-mother Relationship Attachment
Mothers attuned to their babies
Secure attachment
Infant-mother Relationship Attachment
Overstimulating/understimulating mother
Cold/rejecting mother
Inept/abusive mother
Insecure attachment
Part of human life cycle
Remarkable physical, emotional growth, language development
More aware of body parts, concerns with body injury
Preschool age
Part of human life cycle
Oedipal complex
Triadic relationship with parents
Preschool age
Characterized by the struggling for attention of the parents of the opposite sex
Oedipal complex
Outcomes of Oedipal complex
Superego Formation
Gender role
Begins and completes their own actions for a purpose
Iniatiative
Results when the initiative does not produce desired results
Guilt
Part of human life cycle
Entry into the community
Period of remarkable physical, cognitive, social and moral growth
Growth correlates with brain maturation
School Age
Learn to make friends, show one’s competency, seeks new role, no longer ascribed role at home
Ascribed vs. achieved status
Part of human life cycle
Latency phase
Same-sex grouping
School Age
Considered a period of quiescence that follows the period of intense triadic relationships
Latency phase
Grouping becomes polrized
Same-sex grouping
Going to school and learning how to master skills in order to produce something
Industry
Results when the tasks are not completed/poor mastery of skill
Inferiority
Part of human life cycle
Awkward period between the onset of sexual maturation and attaining adult status in society
Certain degree of angst, instability
Often described as an emergent life phase
Adolescence
Marked by hormonal changes
Results from the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis
Puberty
Gray matter growth spurt just before puberty especially in frontal lobe
Extensive loss of cortical synapses
Synaptic pruning
Progressively thicken from birth by insulation, making these fibers efficient in their conductivity
Myelination process
Maturation of adolescent brain
Among the last connections to be established
Dosolateral prefrontal cortex
Emotional centers: limbic system, cerebellum
Midbrain reward system
Ventral tegmental area
Nucleus accumbens
12-14 years
Puberty brings a state of arousal and heightened sexual interest
Early adolenscence
14-17 years
New relationships, more complex, social environment
Sexual desires intensified
Middle adolescence
Identification with a subculture characterized by its shared interests
Loyalty to _____ becomes an obsession (Middle adolescence)
Peers
Crucial developmental task of adolescence
Identity
18-21 years
More comfortable patterns of behavior reflecting greater mastery and experience
Discriminative relationships
Patterns of coping, intimacy
Late adolescence
Part of human life cycle
Peak of biological development
Assumption of major social roles
Early adulthood
Capacity for exchange good feelings with others; capacity to love
Intimacy
Lack of relationships
Isolation
Part of human life cycle Prime of one's life, career Taking stock Caught between one's parent and children Fidelity and commitment
Middle Adulthood
Children grew up and parents are left
Empty nest syndrome
Want to teach, to generate ideas
Generativity
Nothing is happening in my life
Stagnation
Part of human life cycle
Retirement, economic security, dealing with losses
Late Adulthood
Lived a full life, fulfillment
Integrity
Wasted life, regret
Despair
Bonus years
Recapitulating
Contribution
Internal drive for reflection, spiritual connections
Summing up
Complex process influenced by heredity, nutrition, health, lifestyle, a host of environmental factors
Aging