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Modules 42 - 43 (Unit 6) Flashcards

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1
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Developmental Psychology

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studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout life span

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What three major issues does developmental psychology focus on?

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Nature and nurture, continuity and stages, and stability and change

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Stage Theories

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propose developmental stages

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What did Lawrence Kohlberg’s stage theory cover?

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Moral development

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What did Erik Erikson’s stage theory cover?

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psychosocial development

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What did Jean Piaget’s stage theory cover?

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cognitive development

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As people grow older, what stabilizes?

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their personality

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What can we not predict all aspects of based on our early life?

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Our future selves

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Zygote

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fertilized egg

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Embryo

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the developing organism 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month

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Fetus

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the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth

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Teratogens

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chemicals and viruses that can reach the embryo/fetus and cause harm - like ALCOHOL

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome / FAS

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physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by the mom drinking alcohol while pregnant

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What do newborns have?

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Automatic reflex responses - so moving towards touch / a possible food source and sucking

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Habituation

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decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation. As infants gain familiarity with repeated exposure to stimulus, their interest wanes and they look away sooner.

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Maturation

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biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience

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What is true of the brain when you’re born?

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You have most of the brain cells you’ll ever have , but the nervous system is still immature.

18
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What is there rapid growth of from ages 3-6?

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The frontal lobes - this enables rational planning!

19
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What is the last to develop in the brain?

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association areas (linked with thinking, memory, and language)

20
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How/when does the motor system develop?

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as the nervous system and muscles develop

21
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Infantile Amnesia

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difficulty forming memories until ~4 (however babies can still learn)

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