UNIT 3 Flashcards
Cross-Sectional Design
A research design in which a group of people is assessed on a psychological variable at one point in time.
Longitudinal Design
A special kind of systematic observation, used by correlational researchers, that involves obtaining measures of the variables of interest in multiple waves over time.
Nature
An individual’s biological inheritance, especially genes.
Nurture
An individual’s environmental and social experiences. `
Resilience
A person’s ability to recover from or adapt to difficult times
Germinal Period
Weeks 1 & 2. Begins with conception. The fertilized egg is called a zygote. By the end of 2 weeks, the mass of cell attaches to the uterine wall.
Embryonic Period
Weeks 3 & 4. Zygote becomes an embryo. Support systems for cell develop, organs begin. Neural tube (spinal cord) takes shape. Heart beat.
Fetal Period
months 2-9. Fetus grows, organ function increases.
Teratogen
Any agent that causes a problem in prental development. (Chemical substances or illnesses)
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
A cluster of problems that appear in babies due to prenatal alcohol exposure.
Preferential Looking
A research technique that involves giving an infant a choice of what object to look at.
Adolescence
refers to the developmental period spanning the transition from childhood to adulthood. (10/12-18/21).
Puberty
A period of rapid skeletal and sexual maturation that occurs mainly in early adolescence.
Assimilation
an individual’s incorporation of new information into existing knowledge.
Accommodation
an individual’s adjustment of their schemas to new information
Sensorimotor Stage
Piaget’s first stage of cognitive development. Last from birth to 2 years. During which infants construct an understanding of the world by coordinating sensory experiences with motor actions.
Object Permanence
Piaget’s term for the crucial accomplishment of understanding that objects and events continue to exist even when they cannot be directly seen, heard, or touched.
Pre-operational Stage
Piaget’s second stage of cognitive development, lasting from 2-7 years. During which thought is more symbolic than sensorimotor thought.
Concrete Operational Stage
Piaget’s third stage of cognitive development, lasting from 7-11 years. Individual uses operations and replaces intuitive reasoning with logical reasoning in concrete situations.
Formal Operational Stage
Piaget’s 4th stage of cognitive development, 11-15 years and continues through adult. Thinking about things that are not concrete, making predictions, and using logic to come up with hypothesis.
Core Knowledge Approach
A perspective on infant cognitive development that babies are born with domain specific knowledge systems.
Executive Function
Higher-order, complex cognitive processes. Such as thinking, planning, and problem solving.
Wisdom
Expert knowledge about the practical aspects of life.
Temperament
An individual’s behavioral style and characteristic way of responding.
Easy Child
Generally in a positive mood, quickly establishes regular routines, easily adapts to new experiences.
Difficult Child
Cries frequently, irregular daily routines.
Slow-to-warm up child
Low activity level, withdraw from new situations, cautious in the face of new experiences.
Infant Attachment:
The close emotional bond between an infant and its caregiver
Secure Attachment:
The ways that infant use their caregivers as a secure base from which to explore the environment.
Trust versus Mistrust:
Birth to 1.5 years. Infant depends on caregivers to establish a sense that the world is trust worthy. Without, child lacks a foundation for social relationships.
Autonomy vs. Shame & Guilt:
1.5-3 years. Beginnings of self control. When young children have the opportunity to experience control over their own behaviors, they develop the capacity for independence and confidence.
Initiative versus Guilt:
3-5 years. Forge their own interests and take on responsibilities.
Industry versus Inferiority:
6-puberty. Gain competence in academic skills.
Authoritarian Parenting:
A restrictive parenting style in which the child follows parents directions and values hard work and effort.
Authoritative Parenting:
Encourages child to be independent but places limits and controls on behavior.
Neglectful Parenting:
lack of involvement in child’s life.
Permissive Parenting
few limits on child’s behavior.