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Developmental psychology

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Studies the physical, cognitive and social change through the lifespan

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Child psychology

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An out of date term that was proposed to be the same thing as lifespan psychology by Froyd as he stated that development stopped when adulthood was reached

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Lifespan psychology

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Another term for developmental psychology proposed by Eric Erikson when he proposed that a person develops their whole life

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Major developmental psy. themes

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

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Nature vs nurture

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Genes vs experience. Nothing is ever 100 percent of either.

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Hereditary coefficient

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A statistical value used to determine the amount a trait is nature

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Nature vs nurture example

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Political orientation is equal parts nature and nurture. Same as introversion vs extroversion

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Continuity and discrete stages

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Some parts of development are like a hill, others are like staircases.

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Continuity and discrete stages behaviorism

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Comes from a biological approach where everything is a step

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Continuity and discrete stages environmentalist

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That life stages are a hill. More commonly accepted now

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Stability and change

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The persistence and change of traits and abilities as we age

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Physical development stages

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Zygote, embryo, fetus, infantcy

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Zygote

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Fertilized egg. Conception to 2 weeks, rapid cell division

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Embryo

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2-9 weeks. When the embryo imbeds in the lining of the uterus. Cell specialization, so most birth defects happen here

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Fetus

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9 weeks-birth. Further development of organs and systems

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Teratogens

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Anything that interferes with normal developmental processes and produces birth defects

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Teratogen examples

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Drugs (thalidomide), pollutant, stress, diseases (AIDS. measles)

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Thalidomide

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A drug that was advertised to aliviate the pain of pregnancy and was safe for mom and baby. It ended up causing limbs to not develop

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Fetal alcohol syndrome

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Leading cause of mental disability. A spectrum that may correlate to the amount of drinks and severity of the disease

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FAS signs

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Low birth weight, small brain, factal deformities, lack of coordination defective limbs and heart, bellow average intelligence

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Infant stage

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Physical and perceptual abilities are present at birth

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Motor reflexes

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Automatic behaviors that are nessiarty for survival.

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Motor reflexes example

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Sucking, grasping, rooting

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Perceptual abilities

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Sight, sound, touch, taste, smell. Used to determine their caregiver. Can see 20 cms away

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Rooting reflex

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Stimulation of the corner of the mouth causes the infant to orient herself toward the stimulation and begin sucking motions. 1-4 months

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Moro reflex

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Infants grimance and reach arms outward and inward in a protective. Due to losing balance of head. Birth to 2 months

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Grabbing reflex

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Infants grab anything that is placed in the palm of their hand. Birth-5/6 months

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Babinski reflex

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In response to a touch on the bottom of the foot, the

infant’s toes will splay outward and then curl in. Birth-1/2 years

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Babinski reflex in adults

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A sign of a neurological disorder

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Stepping reflex

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If held so that the feet just touch the ground, an

infant will show “walking” movements, alternating the feet in steps. Birth-5/6 months

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Walking

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Mostly occurs during 11-15 months. 3x as fast as crawling. New walkers fall 32x per hour

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Brain development

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They have very plastic (changeable) minds. We have critical periods such as phonemes in a native language

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Synaptogenesis

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The forming of a new synaptic connection

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Synaptic pruning

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The loss of weak nerve cell connection

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Synaptogenesis and pruning in infants

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The NS creates patterns for everything, later comes back and prunes connections the child will not need in their environment

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Social preferences of infants

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Look to voices, prefer face-like displays, likes things 8-12 inches away

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Can recognize moms…

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Smell at 7 days, voice and face at 21

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How to study infants

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Where and how long they look at things

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Habituation

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Measuring decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation. Baby gets bored and pays less attention over time

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Proof humans are social beings

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Most of our actions are learned through imitation, and our preference for face like things

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Social development

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Attachment

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An enduring emotional bond formed between individuals

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Attachment to parents 1950’s

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Behaviorists said it was because they feed us. A form of positive reinforcement

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Behaviorism

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An over reaction to froyd. Too much science