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1
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3 major issues of developmental psychology

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Nature and nurture
Continuity and stages
Stability and change

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Stages of prenatal development

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-Zygote fertilization-2 weeks
-Embryo 2-8 weeks
-Fetus 9 weeks- Birth

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Teratogen

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“Monster Maker”
Anything harmful to a fetus
(Chemicals, virus, drugs, alcohol,etc)

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FAS

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Fetal Alcohol syndrome
Disproportional/abnormal facial features/mental impairments

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Maturation

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The biological sequence of growth in behavior (nature)

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Neonate reflexes

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Rooting-stroke cheek, turns to lsuck
Moro-If dropped, baby reaches up
Babinski
Palmer/Grasping

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Habituation

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Decreased responsiveness after repeated stimulation (reduces stranger anxiety)

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Schema

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Collection of concepts

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Assimilation v accommodation

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Adding something that fits into an existing schema

Adjusting the schema to fit new information

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Piagets cognitive stages

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Sensorimotor
Pre-operational
Concrete Operational
Formal Operational

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11
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What do people in sensorimotor stage lack (and age range)

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Birth to 2
Object permanence

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What do people in pre operational stage lack/have (and age range)

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no conservation of mass. Has, Egocentrism, theory of mind, intuitive thinking
2-6/7 years

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What do people in Concrete operational stage lack (and age range)

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Abstract thinking
Has logic, conservation, understands analogies/puns
6/7-11

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What do people in formal operational stage have (and age range)

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Longical, hypothetical, and abstract thought
12+

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Theory of mind

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ideas about others mental states
(Empathy)

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16
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Vygotsky-Social Cognitive
SZS

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Sociocultural theory-cognition develops through social interactions

ZPD-ideal for growth, between CaN and cant

Scaffolding-Checkpointing/Step by step (like training wheels)

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Harlow

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Monkies and attachment
Showed contact comfort and need for secure base (cloth mother)

18
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Lorenz

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Duck guy
Showed imprinting and familiarity with the maternal figure

19
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Ainsworth

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Strange situation
Child left alone, mother comes back
Showed insecure v secure attachment

20
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Self concept is your ___, Demonstrated____

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understanding of who you are
in Rouge/Mirror test

21
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Who studied parenting types/3 types?

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Baumrind
Permissive authoritative authoritarian

22
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Men prefer social ___ women seek social _____

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Power/Connectedness

23
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Gender roles

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Cultural and social expectations based on gender

24
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Gender schema

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Framework for what is boy and girl

25
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Social learning theory

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Bandura
Observing and imitating gendered actions reinforces them

26
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Gender typing and Gender identity

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Natural acquisition of traditional gender roles
Person sense of being male or female

27
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Rat brain study

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Enriched rats in good environments had enriched brains and vise versa
Rosenzweig

28
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Experiences trigger..

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The pruning process->use it or lose it
Early childhood critical in shaping brain

29
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Kohlbers stages of moral development

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Pre-conventional-Avoid Punishment/gain Reward
Conventional-Social approval, maintain order
Post-conventional-justice and law, universal ethics

30
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Gillian

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There are gender differences in morality
Men-abstract ideas of justice/ethics
Women-Harmony/social relations

31
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Social intuitionism (Haidt)

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That “go with your gut” feeling leading deduction making

32
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Gerontology

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Studying psychological effects of aging

33
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Physical aging

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Menopause
Health
Life expectancy
Sensory ability
Dementia/altz

34
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Cognitive decline with aging

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Memory worsens
Recall performance is worse than recognition

35
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Cohort effects

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The time you were raised in effects how you turn out

36
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Ross stages of death

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Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance

37
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Storm of stress that comes with adolescences

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Hall

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