Unit 6 Flashcards
3 major issues of developmental psychology
Nature and nurture
Continuity and stages
Stability and change
Stages of prenatal development
-Zygote fertilization-2 weeks
-Embryo 2-8 weeks
-Fetus 9 weeks- Birth
Teratogen
“Monster Maker”
Anything harmful to a fetus
(Chemicals, virus, drugs, alcohol,etc)
FAS
Fetal Alcohol syndrome
Disproportional/abnormal facial features/mental impairments
Maturation
The biological sequence of growth in behavior (nature)
Neonate reflexes
Rooting-stroke cheek, turns to lsuck
Moro-If dropped, baby reaches up
Babinski
Palmer/Grasping
Habituation
Decreased responsiveness after repeated stimulation (reduces stranger anxiety)
Schema
Collection of concepts
Assimilation v accommodation
Adding something that fits into an existing schema
Adjusting the schema to fit new information
Piagets cognitive stages
Sensorimotor
Pre-operational
Concrete Operational
Formal Operational
What do people in sensorimotor stage lack (and age range)
Birth to 2
Object permanence
What do people in pre operational stage lack/have (and age range)
no conservation of mass. Has, Egocentrism, theory of mind, intuitive thinking
2-6/7 years
What do people in Concrete operational stage lack (and age range)
Abstract thinking
Has logic, conservation, understands analogies/puns
6/7-11
What do people in formal operational stage have (and age range)
Longical, hypothetical, and abstract thought
12+
Theory of mind
ideas about others mental states
(Empathy)
Vygotsky-Social Cognitive
SZS
Sociocultural theory-cognition develops through social interactions
ZPD-ideal for growth, between CaN and cant
Scaffolding-Checkpointing/Step by step (like training wheels)
Harlow
Monkies and attachment
Showed contact comfort and need for secure base (cloth mother)
Lorenz
Duck guy
Showed imprinting and familiarity with the maternal figure
Ainsworth
Strange situation
Child left alone, mother comes back
Showed insecure v secure attachment
Self concept is your ___, Demonstrated____
understanding of who you are
in Rouge/Mirror test
Who studied parenting types/3 types?
Baumrind
Permissive authoritative authoritarian
Men prefer social ___ women seek social _____
Power/Connectedness
Gender roles
Cultural and social expectations based on gender
Gender schema
Framework for what is boy and girl
