Test One Flashcards
Aristotle
Knowledge rooted in experience
Locke
Children is like a blank slate
Rousseau
Children born with innate sense of justice and mortality
The normative approach
Age related averages are computed to represent typical developed
Biological theories
Maturational theory Imprinting Critical period Sensitive period Development neuroscience
Maturational theory
Natural unfolding of a prearranged biological plan
Critical period
Time limited, if a child doesn’t get proper stimulation it will lack that skill
Sensitive period
Not as dire, easiest to learn at certain point
Development neuroscience
Include a lot of different aspects of development
Psychodynamic theories
Behaviour is affected by conscious and unconscious processes
Stage theories
Learning theories
Environment molds developments
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Reinforcement and punishment
Social learning theories
Observation learning
Instinct if reinforcement
Social cognitive theory
Self efficacy
Self efficacy
Confidence in your ability
Cognitive theories
Piaget- adapt to and seek to understand their environment
Contextual perspective
Ecological system theory
Vyostsky
Ecological systems theory
Microsystems, mesosystems, exosystem l, macrosystem
Vyostsky
Development occurs through social interactions
Micro
Mom and dad
Mesosystems
Relationship between micro
Exosystem
Social environment
Macrosystem
The culture you grow up in
Chronosystems
Looks at the timing of things
Development is jointly influenced by
Heredity and environment
Dynamic system perspective
Different aspects of the child form and interested and dynamic system