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Unit 4 - Developmental Psychology Flashcards

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Developmental Psychology

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The study of how people continually develop physically, cognitively, and socially

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Continuity (issue)

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Is development a continuous process or does it happen in stages?

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Nature vs. Nurture (issue)

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How do genetics and the environment shape/influence development?

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Stability (issue)

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Are personality traits changeable over time?

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Zygotes

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A fertilized egg cell that enters a 2 week period of rapid cell division, becomes an Embryo

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Embryo

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A developing human person from 2 weeks to 8 weeks after fertilization

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Fetus

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A developing human person from 9 weeks to birth

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Teratogens

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Harmful substances such as chemicals, viruses, and drugs that damage an embryo or fetus during prenatal development

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Fetal Alchohol Syndrome (FAS)

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Physical and Cognitive abnormalities caused by a pregnant woman’s heavy drinking

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Rooting reflex

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A reflex in babies that automatically turns the face towards a stimulus and causes sucking/rooting motions with the mouth

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Habituation

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An infant’s decreased response to a repeated stimulation

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Maturation

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Biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior

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Cognition

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Mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating

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Schemas

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A concept used to organize and interpret information or experiences

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Assimilate (part of schema’s function)

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Interpreting new experiences in terms of existing schemas

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Accommodate (part of schema’s function)

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Adjusting schemas to incorporate new information or experiences

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Sensorimotor Stage

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Experiencing the world through senses and actions

From ages 0-2

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Pre-operational Stage

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The stage during which a child learns to use language and how to represent objects with words and images, but doesn’t’ use logical reasoning
From ages 2-7

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Concrete Operational Stage

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The stage of cognitive development during which children gain mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete concepts/events
From ages 7-11

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Formal Operational Stage

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The stage of cognitive development during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts
From ages 12-death

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Object Permanence

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The awareness of an object’s existence when it isn’t perceived
Develops in Sensorimotor Stage

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Conservation

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The principle that properties like mass, volume and quantity remain the same despite changes in form
Develops in Pre-operational Stage

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Symbolic thinking

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A type of thinking in which symbols or internal images are used to represent object, people, and events
Develops in Pre-operational Stage

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Egocentrism

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The inability to differentiate between other people’s points of view
Develops in Pre-operational Stage

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Theory of Mind

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The ability to infer/form ideas about mental states of other people and yourself
Develops in Pre-operational Stage

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Stranger Anxiety

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The ability to evaluate people as unfamiliar and possibly threatening

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Attachment

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An emotional bond between two people

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Critical Period

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A period after birth when exposure to certain events creates proper development

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Imprinting

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The process by which animals from attachments during a critical period very early in life, doesn’t apply to people

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Secure Attachment

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Attachment style in which infants are able to explore new environments comfortably, are upset when their caregiver leaves, and happy when their caregiver returns

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Insecure Attachment

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Attachment style in which infants don’t explore very much in new environments, and show little emotion when their caregiver leaves or returns

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Temperament

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A person’s characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity

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Basic Trust

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A sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy

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Self-Concept

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An understanding and assessment of self

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Authoritarian parenting style

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Imposing rules and expecting obediance

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Permissive parenting style

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Submitting to children’s desires

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Authoritative parenting style

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Both demanding and responsive to their children

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Adolescence

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The transition period from childhood to adulthood

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Puberty

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The time when people develop sexually

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Primary sex characteristics

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Body structures that make sexual reproduction possible

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Secondary sex characteristics

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Non-reproductive sexual characteristics

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Pre-conventional morality

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A focus on self interest, and obeying rules to avoid punishment or gain concrete awards
Seen in little kids

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Conventional morality

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Caring for others and upholding laws and social rules

Seen in adolescents

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Post-conventional morality

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Using abstract reasoning, and judging actions as right because they flow from people’s self-defined basic ethical principles
Seen in young adults and onwards

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Identity

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The sense of self

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Social Identity

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The aspect of self concept that focuses on social memberships in groups

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Trust vs Mistrust (stage of development)

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If needs are met, infants develop a sense of basic trust
Erikson’s 1st stage of development
Ages 0-1

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Autonomy vs Shame/Doubt

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Children are focused on developing a greater sense of self-control and learn to exercise their will
Erikson’s 2nd stage of development
Ages 1-3

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Initiative vs Guilt

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Children learn to initiate tasks and assert their power and control through social interaction
Erikson’s 3rd stage of development
Ages 3-6

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Industry vs Inferiority

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Children develop a sense of competence and pride in their abilities by applying themselves to tasks, and forming a strong self-concept
Erikson’s 4th stage of development
Ages 6-puberty

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Identity vs Role Confusion

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Teenagers work at refining a sense of self by exploring who they are as individuals through testing roles and integrating them to form a single identity
Erikson’s 5th stage of development
Ages teens-20’s

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Intimacy vs Isolation

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Young adults face challenges of forming close relationships with others and gaining the capacity for intimate love
Erikson’s 6th stage of development
Ages 20’s - 40’s

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Generativity vs Self-Absorption

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People discover a sense of contributing to the world
Erikson’s 7th stage of development
Ages 40’s - 60’s

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Integrity vs Despair

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Reflecting on life, people may feel happy or regretful
Erikson’s 8th stage of development
Ages 60’s - death

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Intimacy

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The ability to form close, loving relationships

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Emerging Adulthood

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A transitional period between adolescent dependance and full independence and responsible adulthood

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Menopause

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The time of natural cessation (ending) of menstruation, also refers to biological changes a woman experiences as the ability to reproduce declines

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Cross-sectional studies

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A study in which people of different ages are compared with each other

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Longitudinal studies

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A research in which the same people are restudied and retested over time

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Crystallized intelligence

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Accumulated knowledge and verbal skills, increases with age

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Fluid intelligence

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The ability to reason quickly and abstractly

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Social Clock

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The culturally preferred timing of social events suck as marriage, parenthood, and retirement

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