Lifespan Development - Chapter 10 Flashcards

Question

Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

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Stage-like theory, domain-general Children construct their knowledge Cognitive structures or concepts used to identify and interpret objects, events, information in environments, an organized ways of making sense of experience

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Assimilating a new rattle - playing with the new rattle in the same way the child played with other rattles Accommodating a new rattle – may initially play with the rattle in the same way as with previous rattles, but if the rattle makes a different noise the child will adapt his/her play with the rattle to make the new noise

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Sensorimotor (0-2) Preoperational (2-7) Concrete Operation (7-11) Formal Operational (11 - adulthood)

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Understanding that objects continue to exist when they are not in sensory or motor contact with the object, as revealed by retrieval of hidden objects May be present within first few months

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Significant with cognitive support Through play, infants can play out the comings and goings of people that he/she has come to recognize and depend upon. An infant can also gain understanding that he can hide from an adult, although he still thinks that if he can't see the adult, the adult can't see him (he will put his hands over his eyes to hide).

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Focus only on their own viewpoint or perspective Unable to think about others’ symbolic viewpoints from one’s own as in three mountains problem - if they see cows when looking at the model, they feel the child opposite also sees cows.

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Children at the preoperational stage cannot yet conserve - they think certain physical characteristics of objects remain the same, even when their outward appearance changes

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Cognitive development is inseparable from social and cultural contexts Cognitive development occurs the support of more knowledgeable others in a child’s world - MKOs

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As the child develops the skill, the scaffolding gets less until the child can do the skill independently

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a lifelong process (from birth to death) that in significantly important to helping people across the lifespan learn to understand, express, and manage their emotions, and to form and maintain healthy relationships with others.

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Thinking people have and demonstrate about the thoughts, feelings, motives, and behaviours of themselves and other people

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One’s perceptions of one’s unique attributes or traits - a combination of physical and psychological attributes

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Begins at birth Significant development during toddlers’ development Rouge test -Most 12-month olds touch the mark on the mirror -Most 15-month olds touch the mark on their face; indicating they recognize the infant in the mirror as themselves.

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“social single” - 4 weeks Stranger anxiety (begins 8-9 months) Experience diverse emotions Development of the self-awareness (ability to recognize ones individuality)

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Attachment describes a close reciprocal emotional relationship between two people; people we feel closest to across the lifespan. Not a trait or skill This sense of security also extends to relationships across the life span. With development, this security shifts in emphasis of need.

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Attachment Styles were not created by Bowly in his original conceptualization of attachment They were created by Mary Ainsworth -Type A → Secure -Type B → Insecure avoidant -Type C → Insecure anxious ambivalent Solomon and Geotge conceptualized the 4th style of parenting - Type D → Disorganised

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that the strange situation has inherent problems. Research indicates the strange situation is not an appropriate measure of attachment and not culturally relevant.

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Generally preschool and school age children are much better able to regulate their emotions and understand the emotions of others. Differences in children’s social and emotional development can be influenced by culture, trust in relationships, and biological factors (temperament).

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Transition between childhood and adulthood Spans 12 – 25 years of age

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Capacity to regulate emotions is still developing more effective regulation of emotions

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Adolescence identity crisis Curiosity, questioning, and exploration Peer groups Romantic relationships

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Begins in childhood - children belgian to learn right and wrong by observing which behaviors are punished or rewarded the increase in cognitive development, and abstract reasoning