Lecture 1 Flashcards
Lifespan development-def-focus on?-dev. researchers investigate how __ & __…
Def: The cognitive, physical, and social developments that occur from birth to death.focus on patterns of growth/change/stability in behavior across development.biological & environmental factors JOINTLY influence dev
Characteristics of Life-Span Perspective
-Lifelong-Multi-dimensional/directional-Plastic-Multi-disciplinary-Contextual-Growth, Maintenance, and Regulation of Loss-Co-construction of biology, culture, and the individual
Physical Development.def.includes dev of…
Def: Dev. that involves the physical makeup of an individual.includes dev. of central/peripheral NS, muscles, & biological needs
Cognitive Dev.def.includes…
Def: Dev that involves growth and change in intellectual abilities and how these changes influence behavior.includes learning/memory/problem solving too
Personality Dev.def:
Def: Change & stability in the enduring characteristics that differentiate individuals
Social Dev.def:
Def: growth/stability/change in how individuals interact with others and in their quality of relationships
Lifespan Divisions (yrs) MEMORIZE1) Prenatal period2) Infancy3) Early Childhood4) Middle Childhood5) Adolescence6) Young adulthood7) Middle adulthood8) Late adulthood
1) Prenatal period (conception-birth)2) Infancy (birth-2)3) Early Childhood (2-6)4) Middle Childhood (6-12)5) Adolescence (12-20)6) Young adulthood (20-40)7) Middle adulthood (40-65)8) Late adulthood (65-death)
Cohort
a group of individuals who are born around the same TIME and in a similar LOCATION.
History-graded influences.def:
Common to people of a particular generation due to historical circumstances
Age-graded influences
Similar for individuals sharing the same age groupe.g. puberty
Sociocultural-graded influences
Social and cultural factors that are present at a particular time for a particular individual (contingent upon ethnicity, social class, and subcultural membership)e.g. are you part of a minority?
Nonnormative life events
Unusual occurrences that have a major impact on an individual’s lifee.g. amputee, teenage mom…
Nature & Nurture
Interaction of biological inheritance and environmental experience
Continuous change vs. discontinuous change
Continuous change: development is gradual and new achievements build upon previous achievements. This type of change is quantitative.Discontinuous change: development occurs in distinct stages. Different stages highlight qualitatively different behavior.
Critical vs sensitive periods
Critical period: particular time during development when an EVENT can have its most profound consequences.e.g. if you don’t have an element of the environment present, you will suffer (e.g. formal language if not exposed never develops proficiency) Sensitive period: particular time during development when individual is particularly susceptible to certain types of stimuli and their environments.
Psychodynamic Perspective
Psychodynamic perspective: your behavior is motivated by inner forces, memories, and conflicts that are typically beyond your control and awareness
Freud’s psychoanalytic theory.what has remained important from his research?
unconscious forces determine both personality and behavior .importance of unconscious substantiated by contemporary research. otherwise, theories have gotten little validation
Freud argued that personality consists of 3 elements…?Pleasure principle?Reality principle?Superego? when develops?
Pleasure Principle: obeys the ID, wants to satisfy its urgesReality Principle: obeys the ego, your ability to navigate society and follow societal normsSuperego: your sense of morality, dev 5-6 yrs of age