U8 Retake Flashcards
epigenetic effect
leaves chemical marks on DNA that switch genes abnormally on or off
stability vs change
do our early personality traits persist through life or do we become different personas as we age?
rooting reflex
when touched on the cheek, a baby will open mouth, turn toward the touch and try to eat
maturation
biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience
motor development
- 6 mo. sitting unsupported
- 8-9 mo. crawling
- 12 mo. starting to walk
- 15 mo. walking independently
sensorimotor stage
- piaget, birth - 2yrs
- experience the world through senses and actions
- object permanence and stranger anxiety
preoperational stage
- piaget, 2 - 6/7yrs
- representing things w/ words and images, also using intuitive rather than logical reasoning
- pretend play, egocentrism, and theory of mind
concrete operational stage
- piaget, 6/7 - 11yrs
- thinking logically about concrete events, grasping concrete analogies and performing arithmetical operations
- conservation and mathematical transformations
formal operational
- piaget, 11/12 - adulthood
- abstract reasoning
- abstract logic and potential for mature moral reasoning
zone of proximal development
zone between what a kid can and can’t do on their own
- zone of what a kid can do with help
part of vygotsky’s theory and scaffolding
primary sexual characteristics
reproductive system, genitals
secondary sexual characteristics
non-reproductive parts like breast, body hair, etc.
preconventional reasoning
- kohlberg
- avoids punishment; obedience
- gains rewards; self interest
conventional reasoning
- gains approval, avoids disapproval; conformity
- does duty to society, avoids dishonor/guilt; law and order
postconventional
- human rights
- universal human ethics