Lifespan Development Flashcards
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microsystem
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1st level
child’s immediate environment
-face to face relationships
-parents
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mesosystem
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2nd level
- interactions between factors in child’s microsystem
- parent-teacher conference
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exosystem
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- 3rd level
- elements in the broader environment
- parents work, school board, community agencies
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macrosystem
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4th level
- overarching environmental influences
- cultural beliefs, economic conditions, political ideologies
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chronosystem
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5th level
- environmental or historical events and transitions that occur over an individual’s lifespan
- landing on the moon
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PKU
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recessive gene disorder (homozygous for the condition)
- can cause intellectual disability
- treated with diet changes
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Down Syndrome
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disorder due to extra chromosome on 21
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Klinefelter Syndrome
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in males
presence of two or more X chromosomes along with a single Y
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Prader-Willi
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chromosomal deletion
-have some degree of mental retardation, are obese, and may have obsessive-compulsive behaviors
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Turner Syndrome
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in females
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When are you most susceptible to teratogens
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weeks 3 - 8
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Piaget’s stages of development
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Sensorimotor-birth - 2 yrs
- learn about objects and others via sensory info
- object permanence-objects continue to exist when out of sight
Preoperational Stage-2 - 7yrs
-learn via symbolic function
-incomplete understanding of cause and effect
magical thinking, egocentrism, focus on most noticeable feature-(water & different size glasses)
Concrete Operational Stage-7 - 11yrs
-Conservation - more abstract thinking
Formal Operational-11+years
- think abstractly and uses deductive reasoning
- renewed egocentrism
- Personal fable-belief that one is unique and not subject to natural laws
- Imaginary audience:-belief that one is always the center of attention
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Assimilation
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incorporation of new knowledge into existing schemas
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Accommodation
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modification of existing schemas to incorporate new knowledge
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circadian arousal and age (peak time for performance)
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older adults: morning
younger adults: morning and evening
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In regards to memory, when compared to young adults, old adults exhibit declines in what areas
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Greatest decline is in recent long-term memory
then working memory
Remote long term memory, memory span, and sensory memory are unaffected
Episodic memory is more adversely affected by increasing age
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semantic bootstrapping
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child uses knowledge of meaning of words to infer their syntactical category
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Syntactic bootstrapping
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child uses syntactical knowledge to learn the meaning of new words
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Phonemes
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smallest units of sound that are understood in a language
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Morphemes
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smallest unit of sound that conveys meaning
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Stages of language acquisition
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- crying
- cooing & babbling (6-8 weeks of age)
- Echolalia & expressive jargon (9 months)-imitate adult speech
- First words (13 months)-often nominals, labels for objects, people, or events
- Telegraphic speech-string 2 or more words together
- Vocab growth-at 18 months
- Grammatically correct sentences: 2.5-5 yrs
- Metalinguistic Awareness: early school years-can think about language
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Bilingual children and academic performance
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- do as well as or better than monolingual children
- maybe more cognitively flexible
- may be temporary and differences go away at adolescence
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maternal malnutrition has most severe consequences
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6-9 months
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by what age has the brain achieved 80% of its weight
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2 yrs
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what is a key contributor to a child's development of conduct disorder
parents childbearing skills
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effortful (inhibitory) control becomes stable by X months
33-45
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malnutrition during fetal development is likely to have what effect on the brain
reduced number of brain cells
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According to the 2013 National Survey on Drug use, the largest percentage of respondents ages 12-17 used
alcohol
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effects of maternal depression on infant development
infants are higher risk for psychopathology and may show symptoms of disturbance as early as 3 months of age
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Piaget-ability for a child to see someone else perform a behavior and subsequently perform that behavior depends on X
mental representation
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PIaget-focusing on the most noticeable feature of an object
centration
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studies during the first 2 years of life indicate that infants first exhibit recognition memory for up to 24 hours following the presentation of a stimulus at X months of age
3
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stages of grief
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denial
anger
bargaining
depression
acceptance
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impact of parents gender stereotypes about math ability on their children's interest in math found...
maternal and paternal stereotypes have an impact on both boys and girls
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According to Vygotsky, what creates the zone of proximal development
make believe play
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parents gender stereotypes of their offspring
parents perceive boys and girls differently within 24 hours after birth
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Onset of stranger anxiety
8-10 months
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Origins of aggressiveness in children relates to X (according to Patterson & colleagues)
coercive exchanges between parent & child
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After maternal remarriage what are the results in comparing mothers who have remarried vs. mothers who haven't
boys adapt better and show better adjustment than male peers whose mothers have not remarried
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Otitis Media
childhood disease associated with mild to moderate hearing loss that may have a negative impact on school achievement
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At what age do children understand race as a social, biological, and physical category
10 yrs old
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zone of proximal development
Vygotsky-the discrepancy between a childs current developmental level and the level of development that is just beyond the current level and can be reached with scaffolding
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Freud's stages
Oral-(birth - 1yr) sensation and stimulation
Anal (1-3) control of body waste
Phallic (3-6) sexual energy is centered in the genitals
Latency (6-12) social skills
Genital (12+) sexual desire is combined with affection
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Erickson's Psychosocial Development Stages
1. Trust vs. Mistrust
2. Autonomy vs. Shame
3. Initiative vs. Guilt
4. Industry vs. Inferiority
5. Identity vs. Role confusion
6. Intimacy vs. Isolation
7. Generativity vs. Stagnation
8. Ego Integrity vs. Despair
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Kohlberg's cognitive development & acquisition of gender role identity
1 age 2-3-gender identity (male or female)
2 gender stability
3 gender constancy
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Bem and gender role
a combo of social learning and cognitive development
| we develop frameworks of masculinity and femininity
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Secure Attachment-baby's reaction when mom is present, leaves, then returns
characteristics of mother
- baby will explore room and play when mom is present
- baby becomes mildly upset when mom leaves
- baby actively seeks contact when she returns
Mothers are sensitive and responsive
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Insecure (Anxious)/Ambivalent Attachment-baby's reaction when mom is present, leaves, then returns
characteristics of mother
- baby alternates between clinging & resisting mom
- baby is very disturbed when left alone
- baby is ambivalent when mom returns and may resist physical contact
Mothers are moody and inconsistent
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Insecure (Anxious)/Avoidant Attachment-baby's reaction when mom is present, leaves, then returns
characteristics of mother
- baby interacts very little with mother
- baby shows little distress when mom leaves
- avoids or ignores when mom returns
-Mothers tend to be impatient & unresponsive or provide children with too much stimulation
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Disorganized/Disoriented Attachment-baby's reaction when mom is present, leaves, then returns
characteristics of mother
- baby is fearful of mom
- may greet or turn away from parents
- about 80% of children with this attachment pattern have been mistreated
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Piaget's heterononmous vs. autonomous morality
heteronomous morality-morality of constraint; children believe rules are set by authority figures and can't be altered
autonomous morality-morality of cooperation; children view rules as arbitrary and being alterable when the people who are governed by them agree to change them -focus is more on the intention of the act
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Kohlberg's Moral Development Theory
Preconventional-good and bad depend on consequences and/or reinforcement
Conventional: the right action is approved by others; moral judgments are based on the rules and laws
Post Conventional: the right action is consistent with democratically determined laws and can be modified. Right and wrong are chosen by broad, self-chosen, universally applicable ethical principles
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movement through Kohlber's Moral stages depends on
motivation, opportunities, and exposure
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Gilligan's Theory or morality
indicated females moral judgments are based on concerns related to caring, compassion, and responsibility
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concordance rate for biological siblings reared together
.45
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Erikson & Freud's corresponding stages
birth-1: basic trust vs. mistrust-Freud's oral stage
age 1-3: autonomy vs. shame and doubt-Freud anal
age 3-6: initiative vs. guilt-Freud phallic
age 6-11: industry vs. inferiority-Freud latency
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According to Erikson the purpose of play is to
master social and emotional experiences
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Congenital Cytomegalovirus
second most common cause of intellectual diability
causes hearing and visual impairments
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a measure of bone maturation and is determined via xrays
gender differences?
skeletal age
gender: girls are ahead of boys from birth and this gap increases throughout infancy and childhood
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Montessori method
assumption that all learning stems from sense perception
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It can be difficult to distinguish between ADHD and OCD because with ADHD
they may compensate for their attention deficits by developing repetitive routines
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Rutter's research
investigative resiliency in children and emphasized that reducing reisk impact, negative chain reactions, promoting self esttem and self efficacy, and providing opportunities is good for promoting resilience in high risk children
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characteristics of authoritarian parenting
low responsiveness and high demandingness
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characteristics of permissive pearenting
low demandingness and high responsiveness
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characteristics of uninvolved prents
low demandingness and low responsiveness
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authroritian parenting
high demandingness high responsiveness
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when infants cry how do adults respond
both parents and non parents exhibit an increase in heart rate and blood pressure
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disorders that are caused by an autosomal dominant gene
Huntingtons disease, Marfan syndrome, Von Willebrand disease
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Which developmental changes is most likely to occur in males between 40 - 45
shift in perspective from time since birth to time left to live
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Kagan's beliefs and findings regarding tmperament qualities
he focued on behavioral inibition as the key determinant of later personality
he found infants with a high degree of behavioral inhibition also exhibit high CNS activity (especially in the amygdala and hypothalamus)
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Babkin reflex
in response to an object being placed against infants palms
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Darwinian reflex
placing object in infants hand
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Moro reflex
in response to a loud noise or being dropped
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Babinski reflex
tickling the middle of the soles of an infants feet
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Maladaptive and strength outcomes for Erickson's stages of psychosocial development
trust vs. mistrust: hope & withdrawl
autonomy vs. shame: will & compulsion
initiative vs. guilt: purpose & inhibition
industry vs. inferiority: Competence & inertia
identity vs. identity confusion: fidelity & repudiation
intimacy vs. isolation: love & exclusivity
genrativity vs. stagnation: care & rejectivity
integrity vs. despair: wisdom & disdain
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Permissive and uninvolved parenting & harsh and inconsistent parenting is associated with
Antisocial PD
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Research by Kenneth and Mamie Clark was used to support the argument
that school segregation contributes to a negative self-image among Af American children
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pride shame and guilt are evident by what age
30 months
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Erickson coined the term
adolescent identity crisis
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Stanley Hall coined the term
adolescent storm and stress
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Separation anxiety age of onset and peak
onset 6-8 months
| peak 14-18 months
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Private speech (Vygotsky)
self-directed speech that guides child behavior
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Rooting reflex
infant turns their head in the direction of touch applied to their cheek
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which of the 5 senses are the least developed at birth and when is it fully developed
vision
by 6 months fully developed
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auditory localization in infants
is present shortly after birth then disappears between 2-4 months
Reappears and improves
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Rosenthal effect
self-fulfilling prophecy/experimenter expectancy-when expectations about performance can have effects on students
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Zeigarnik effect
tendency to return to unfinished activities, striving for closure to obtain a sense of completion
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separation from the mother is least likely to impact the infant at what age
0-6 months
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3 different cries that an infant exhibits
hunger, pain, angry
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Baumgartner six phases for AIDs diagnosis
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diagnsis
post diagnosis
turning point
immersion
post immersion
turning point
integration
disclosure (occurs throughout the stages)
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soon after birth, infants can express what emotions via facial expressions
distress
interest
disgust
