Quiz 1- Bonus Points Flashcards
What is the interactionist model?
Complex reciprocal interactions between multiple personal and environmental factors.
What is developmental psychology?
Scientific study of age-related changes in our bodies, behaviour, thinking, emotions, social relationships, and personalities.
What are norms?
Average ages at which developmental milestones are reached.
What is ageism?
Prejudicial view of older adults characterizing them in negative ways.
What is maturation?
Genetically programmed sequential patterns of change.
What is atypical development?
Development that deviates from the typical developmental pathway.
Nature-nurture controversy
Debate about the relative contributions of biological processes and environmental factors.
Vulnerability and resilience
Each child is born with predetermined vulnerabilities and protective factors which interact with the child’s environment
What is the worst outcome for a child?
A vulnerable child in a poor environment. One or the other alone can be overcome.
What are the 3 domaines of development?
Physical, social and cognitive.
What is the physical domain?
Changes in size, shape, and characteristics of the body.
What is the cognitive domaine?
Changes in thinking, memory, problem solving, and other intellectual skills.
What is the social domain?
Changes in variables that are associated with relationships with others.
Examples of changes in all three domains at once.
Girl goes through puberty, someone suffers from Alzheimer’s.
What are universal changes?
Age-linked changes common to every individual in a species
