Unit 6

Question 1

3 major issues of developmental psychology

Answer 1

Nature and nurture
Continuity and stages
Stability and change

Question 2

Stages of prenatal development

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Teratogen

Answer 3

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

Question 4

FAS

Answer 4

Fetal Alcohol syndrome
Disproportional/abnormal facial features/mental impairments

Question 5

Maturation

Answer 5

The biological sequence of growth in behavior (nature)

Question 6

Neonate reflexes

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Habituation

Answer 7

Decreased responsiveness after repeated stimulation (reduces stranger anxiety)

Question 8

Schema

Answer 8

Collection of concepts

Question 9

Assimilation v accommodation

Answer 9

Adding something that fits into an existing schema

Adjusting the schema to fit new information

Question 10

Piagets cognitive stages

Answer 10

Sensorimotor
Pre-operational
Concrete Operational
Formal Operational

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Birth to 2
Object permanence

Question 12

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

Answer 12

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

Question 13

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

Answer 13

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

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Longical, hypothetical, and abstract thought
12+

Question 15

Theory of mind

Answer 15

ideas about others mental states
(Empathy)

Question 16

Vygotsky-Social Cognitive
SZS

Answer 16

Sociocultural theory-cognition develops through social interactions

ZPD-ideal for growth, between CaN and cant

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

Question 17

Harlow

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Lorenz

Answer 18

Duck guy
Showed imprinting and familiarity with the maternal figure

Question 19

Ainsworth

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Self concept is your ___, Demonstrated____

Answer 20

understanding of who you are
in Rouge/Mirror test

Question 21

Who studied parenting types/3 types?

Answer 21

Baumrind
Permissive authoritative authoritarian

Question 22

Men prefer social ___ women seek social _____

Answer 22

Power/Connectedness

Question 23

Gender roles

Answer 23

Cultural and social expectations based on gender

Question 24

Gender schema

Answer 24

Framework for what is boy and girl

Question 25

Social learning theory

Answer 25

Bandura
Observing and imitating gendered actions reinforces them

Question 26

Gender typing and Gender identity

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Rat brain study

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Experiences trigger..

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Kohlbers stages of moral development

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Gillian

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Social intuitionism (Haidt)

Answer 31

That “go with your gut” feeling leading deduction making

Question 32

Gerontology

Answer 32

Studying psychological effects of aging

Question 33

Physical aging

Answer 33

Menopause
Health
Life expectancy
Sensory ability
Dementia/altz

Question 34

Cognitive decline with aging

Answer 34

Memory worsens
Recall performance is worse than recognition

Question 35

Cohort effects

Answer 35

The time you were raised in effects how you turn out

Question 36

Ross stages of death

Answer 36

Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance

Question 37

Storm of stress that comes with adolescences

Answer 37

Hall