Seminar 1 Flashcards

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What is development?

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Growth of humans throughout the lifespan, from conception to death

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2
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Psychoanalytic theories focus?

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Importance of unconscious mind and childhood experiences

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3
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Sigmund Freud’s contribution to developmental theories?

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Psychosexual stages

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4
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What is libido?

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Pleasure seeking drive driven unconsciously

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5
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What are the psychosexual stages?

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Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, and Puberty /Genital

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6
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Oral Phase

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Stimulation of mucus membrane of the mouth

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7
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Anal

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Pleasure gained from excretion of faeces

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8
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Phallic

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Erotic pleasure from genitals

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9
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Latency

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5 years to puberty with inactive psychosexual desires.

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10
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Genital/puberty

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normal heterosexual development

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11
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Oedipus complex

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Unconscious desire to kill his father and sleep with his mother (ID)

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12
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Electra complex

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Reversed for girls, desire to kill mother and sleep with their father. Girls believe that they have penis envy since they already got castrated.

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13
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Erik Homburger

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Trust vs. Mistrust (their caregivers)
Autonomy vs. doubt (developed self sufficiency by eating and pooping by them selves)
Industry vs. inferiority (develop competence and master new skills)
Identity vs. Role confusion (develop personal identify and sense on self)
Intimacy vs. isolation
Generativity vs. stagnation
Integrity vs. despair

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14
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Learning Theories

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Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Social Learning

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15
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Classical conditioning

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Pavlov’s Dogs

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16
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Operant conditioning

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Positive & negative reinforcement

17
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Albert Bandura

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Cognitive behaviourism

Personality is determined by 3 things: Environment, behaviour, and psychological process

18
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Cognitive Theories Stages

Jean Piaget

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Sensory motor: Differentiate self from objects
Pre-operational (2-7 years): Use language and words to represent objects and images.
Concrete operational 7-11: Think logically about objects and events
Formal operational 11-now: logically thinking about abstract propositions and test ideas systematically

19
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Criticisms of Freud

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He didn’t observe children but only adult, also his theories couldn’t be supported by empirical evidence. He also only focused on adult males not females.

20
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Criticism of Piaget

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He observed only his own children, in addition the other children he did observe were from rich well educated families

21
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Piaget’s legacy

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Generated interest in child development and developmental psychology