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Theories Of Human Development Flashcards

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What is a Theory?

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  1. A system of ideas intended to explain something
  2. set of concepts that scientists believe to be true about a certain area
  3. Explanation interpretation of one of more phenomenon
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What are the Characteristics of a good theory?

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Concise
Falsifiable
Heuristic

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What are What are some Psychoanalytic Developmental Theories and their founders

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  1. Freuds Psychosexual Stages of Development
  2. ID,EGO,SUPEREGO
  3. Erik Eriksons Psychosexual Stages of Development
  4. Alfred Adlers Theory if Superiority & Inferiority
  5. Adlers Theory of Birth order
  6. Karen Horneys Relational Theory
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What are the treatment methods of Psychoanalytic Theory

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Dream Analysis
Slip of Tongue
Talk Therapy
Free association

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What did the Psychoanalytics believe influenced development

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The unconscious mind and early childhood experiences

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What were criticisms of Freuds Psychoanalysis?

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  • Only considered mentally ill people
  • Too much emphasis on sex
  • Can’t falsify/confirm
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What are the 8 stages of Eriksons psychosocial Stages of Development?

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Trust vs Mistrust
Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt
Initiative vs Guilt
Industry vs Inferiority 
Identity vs Role Confusion 
Intimacy vs Isolation 
Generativity vs Isolation 
Ego ID vs Despair
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What is drawback of Psychosocial development?

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Doesn’t adequately explain HOW or WHY development happens

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What are the 5 stages of Psychosexual Development and corresponding ages?

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  1. Oral (0-1)
  2. Anal (1-3)
  3. Phallic (3-6)
  4. Latency (6-puberty)
  5. Genital (Puberty around 12 onwards)
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In Eriksons theory why do the crisises emerge?

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Biological maturation and social demands that people experience

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Differences between Freud and Eriksons stages of development?

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  • Freud focused on sexual energy and subconscious influence if past childhood experiences
  • Erikson focuses on social influences and less on sex
  • Eriksons stages do not end at adolescence/young adult hood
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What did Adler believe to be the source of all human striving?

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Inferiority feelings/to compensate for ones inferiorities

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What is inferiority?

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Feelings of inadequacy and incompetence that develop during infancy and serve as basis to strive for superiority in order to overcome inferiority

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Inferiority

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Strong feeling of inferiority felt by thise whi never get over the initial feelings of inadequacy

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How does inferiority motivate us to be superior?

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Through social interest in order to compensate

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What are characteristics of the first born?

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  • Authoritarian/strict
  • Feels power is their right
  • Helpful if encouraged
  • May turn to father after birth of 2nd
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What is the family situation of the first born?

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  • Dethroned
  • High expectations
  • Given responsibility
  • Expected to set an example
  • Has to learn to share
  • May try too hard and become exhuasted
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What is the family situation of the 2nd born?

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  • Peacemaker

- Someone is always ahead of them

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What are the characteristics of the 2nd born?

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  • Competitive (wants to overtake 1st)
  • May become a rebel
  • Competition can deteriorate into rivalry
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What is the family situation of the youngest child?

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  • Has many maternal/paternal figures

- Never dethroned

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What are characteristics of the youngest child

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  • Wants to be bigger than the others
  • May have huge plans that never work out
  • Can stay the ‘baby’
  • Frequently spoiled.
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What is the family situation of the only child?

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  • Miracle baby
  • Full attention
  • parents have no other experience
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What are the characteristics of a only child?

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  • Likes being center of adult attention
  • Difficulty sharing with others
  • Prefers adult company & uses adult language
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According to Karen Honrney what are the 10 neurotic needs?

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  1. The need for affection
  2. The need for a partner who will take over one’s life
  3. The need for recognition
  4. The need for personal admiration
  5. The need for personal achievement
  6. The need for independence
  7. The need for perfection
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What are Horneys 3 interpersonal orientations (trends)?

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  1. Moving towards people
  2. Move away from people
  3. Moving against people
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What is basic anxiety?

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Feeling lonely and helpless in a hostile world

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What is basic hostility & generally what happens to it?

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  • Aggression which a child develops as a result of ‘basic evil’- the lack of genuine warmth and affection
  • repressed for survival and security

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