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Stage 1- Lecture 6- Development across the lifespan Flashcards

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1
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What does a positive body image correlate with?

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High self esteem

Positive peer relations

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Typical body image dissatisfaction for boys/girls?

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Boys- tend to want to lose weight and get more muscular

Girls- desire to be thin

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Body image dissatisfaction is associated with?

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Teenage depression
Eating disorders
Exercise dependence

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Examples of eating disorders?

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Anorexia- obsession with weight gain/ refuse to maintain a normal weight
Bulimia- Binge eating followed by behaviour to avoid weight gain

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Trends with eating disorders?

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Peak around 14-18 years

More common in girls

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Jones 2004

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Looked at 165 girls, 139 boys with an average age of 15
Findings= Girls make comparisons of their own bodies to other desired by talking to friends- increasing body dissatisfaction
Boys less likely to be dissatisfied than girls

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Egocentrism?

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Develops in early formal operations
Self consciousness
Difficulty separating their own self perception from the views of others

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Role of maturity?

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Early maturing boys feel more confident than those maturing late- COK 1990
Early maturing girls = high level of depression- Alsaker 1992
= greater eating concerns Brooke Gunns 1988

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Emotion definition?

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A feeling, or affect that occurs when a person is in a state or an interaction that is important to him/her especially to their well being

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When are emotional highs/lows more frequent?

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Early adolescence- links to mood swings/ new environments/ expectations

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Pubertal changes?

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Increase in negative emotions linking to stressful experiences

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Examples of emotional competence in adolescence?

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Anger- can cause harm to friendships- self help strategies help cope with this e.g. walking away from an angering situation
Recognising that inner emotions do not always match outer expressions

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Distinguishing emotions?

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Recognise how someone is feeling e.g. sad not afraid

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What is social development in adolescence?

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Changing social cues/ rivalry for new partners/ reckless behaviour

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Relations with parents in adolescence?

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Tends to decrease- boys alone, girls with friends
Spend more time with mother but more conflict
Issues of control

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Relations with peers during adolscence?

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Tends to increase
More friends- one/two best friends- based on acceptance
Typically same age/gender/ race
Contribute to a positive self concept 
Intimacy more important to girls
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Peer relations for early maturing girls?

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Date more

Have older friends

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Role of delinquency?

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Poor school performance
Substance abuse
Low IQ
Aggression

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Trend for mental health?

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Common in adolescences and increases into adulthood

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Kessler 2001?

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Mental health rates rise from 1% before age 12 to 20% by end of adolescence- biggest increase between 15/18
x2 more likely in girls

21
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Erikson lifespan development theory stages?

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Industry vs inferiority - 6yrs to Puberty- Interests, praise vs criticism
Initiative vs guilt- 3/5- Preschool try new things- encouragement vs held back
Autonomy vs shame 1-3- are we allowed to discover self/body
Trust vs mistrust- first year- if babies trust caregiver learnt that in future they can trusts others
Integrity vs despair- 60+- life review can be positive or negative
Generativity vs Stagnation- 40/50s- how do we contribute to society- legacy for next generation
Intimacy vs isolation- 20/30s- can we love and commit influences happiness
Identity vs confusion- 10/20 yrs- exploring different social roles/ degree of parent control

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Life span perspective?

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Splits development into 2 - Early and later
Early = childhood/adolescence- physical peak’post formal thought (open to emotion/reflective)
Later= Young adult/middle/old age

23
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Middle adulthood changes?

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Estrogen/Androgen decrease
Reasoning declines
Accumulated info increase
Verbal skills increase

24
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Later adulthood changes?

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Dementia
Alzheimers
Hormonal stress theory- less resilient to stress/ increase in disease
Wisdom- build up of experience

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What is the socioemotional theory?

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Goals are relative to emotions

Spend more time with familiar people and have a high value on emotional satisfaction

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Narrowing social interaction?

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Maximises positive experiences

Minimises emotional risks

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Infancy age=

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0-2

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Childhood age=

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2-12

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Adolescence=

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12-20

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Early adulthood=

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20-40

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Older age=

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65+

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Reflexive dev=

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0-6 months

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Rudimentary dev=

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0-2 years

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Fundamental dev=

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2-6 years

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Specialised dev=

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6-12 years

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Growth and refinement=

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12-18 years

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Peak performance=

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18-30 years

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Regression=

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30 years

39
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Physical development in adolescence?

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Capable of reproduction
Increase in muscle size
Body hair
Maximal height

40
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Changes in body proportion? adolescence-

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Cephalocaudal= head/legs=25% of body at birth
end of adolescence= head, 12% legs 50%
Proximodistal= there is a central outward growth, internal organs followed by outer limbs, trend reverse in puberty= hands/ feet then limbs then trunk

41
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Sexual maturation for girls=

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Breast development
Pubic hair
Widening hips

42
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Sexual maturation for boys=

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Testes
Pubic hair 
Penis enlargement 
Lower voice 
Facial hair
43
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Psychoimpacts in pubety?

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Girls wish to be attractive, worry about weight/ breast size
Boys have a typically better body image, worry about height / genital / muscle size
Boys more positive about first ejaculation than girls are about first period

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