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Unit 6 Pt. 2: Developomental Psychology Flashcards

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Adolescence is basically

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Transition period from childhood to adulthood

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Adolescence: extending from puberty to

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Independence

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Puberty

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Period of sexual maturation

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When one first becomes capable of reproduction

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Puberty

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Primary sex characteristics are governed by

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Endocrine system

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Females have

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Ovaries

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Males have

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Testes

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Both genders have

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External genitalia

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Menarche

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1st menstrual period when becoming a women

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Girls GENERALLY get their period when they are

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Spermarche

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First ejaculation

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Spermarche usually occurs in the age of

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14

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First ejaculation is usually in the form of a

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Nocturnal emission

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Social effect of boys maturing earlier

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Usually a positive impact

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Social effect of girls maturing early

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Negative social influence

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Girls who mature early are more likely to

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Experiment with drugs, sex, alcohol

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Lawrence Kohlberg built ideas of

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Piaget

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Kohlberg believed that

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Cognitive development was connected to MORAL reasoning

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Kohlberg levels order

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Preconventional level
Conventional
Post conventional

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Conventional is

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Society’s rules

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Pre-conventional age

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Preconventional reasoning first focuses on

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Obedience and punishment

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Preconventional reasoning obedience and punishment examples

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I cant do this because “I will get in trouble” or because “my dad said so”

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Preconventional reasoning eventually focuses on

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Self interest

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Preconventional reasoning self interest example

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What’s in it for me?

You starch my back, I’ll scratch yours

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Conventional reasoning age

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Adolescence

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Conventional reasoning first focuses on

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Social approval and conformity

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Social approval and conformity example

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What to complete actions of a “good boy or girl”

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What rung evaluates morality in terms of consequences on relationships

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Social approval and conformity

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Conventional reasoning later focuses on

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Law and order

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Law and order example

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Something is wrong because “it is against the law”

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Post conventional reasoning age

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Adulthood

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Post conventional reasoning first focuses on

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Social contracts

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Social contracts explain

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Law as being bound to the WELFARE OF PEOPLE

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“Why we have the law” falls in

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Social contracts

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Postconventional reasoning later focuses on

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Universal abstract principles

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Abstract means

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You can’t see/ touch

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Universal abstract principles example

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Right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness

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See moral dilemmas and use reasoning in which stage

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Universal abstract principles

40
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Who criticized Kolhberg’s moral scale?

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Carol Gilligan

41
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Gilligan criticized Kohlberg because

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The study rated females on average as less morally developed than males

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Gilligan argued that

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Females often reasoned differently and focused on relations rather than “justice”

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Erikson’s believed in which concept?

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Psychoanalytic

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Infancy stage

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Trust vs mistrust

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Trust vs mistrust

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If needs are dependably met, infants develop a sense of basic trust

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Toddler stage

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Autonomy vs shame and doubt

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Autonomy vs shame and doubt

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Toddlers learn to exercise will and do things for themselves, or they doubt their abilities

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Autonomy vs shame and doubt example

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Spoon feed by yourself

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Preschooler stage

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Initiative vs guilt

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Initiative vs guilt

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Preschoolers learn to initiate tasks and carry out plans, or they feel guilty about efforts to be independent.

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Trust vs mistrust example

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Feeding yourself

Potty training

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Initiative vs guilt example

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Dressing yourself

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Elementary stage

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Competence vs inferiority

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Competence vs inferiority

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Children learn the please of applying themselves to tasks, or they feel inferior

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Competence vs inferiority example

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Comparing grades

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Adolescence stage

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Identity vs role confusion

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Identity vs role confusion

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Teens work at refining sense of self by testing roles and then integrating them to firm a single identity, or they become confused about who they are

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Young adult stage

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Intimacy vs isolation

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Intimacy vs isolation

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Young adults struggle to form close relationships and to gain the capacity for intimate love, and they fell socially isolated

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Middle adult stage

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Generatively vs stagnation

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Stagnation

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Not passionate

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Generatively vs stagnation

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The middle aged discover a sense of contributing to the world, usually through family and work, or they may feel a lack of purpose

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Late adult stage

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Integrity vs despair

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Integrity vs despair

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When reflecting on his or her life, the older adult may feel a sense of satisfaction or failure

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Are men or women more in terms of social connections?

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Women

66
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The time of natural cessation of menstruation

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Menopause

67
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Menopause as biological changes

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Her ability to reproduce declines

68
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Is the an equivalent menopause in men?

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No

69
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One’s crystallized intelligence tends to ______ with age

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Increase

70
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One’s fluid intelligence tends to ______ with age

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Decrease

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Crystallized intelligence

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Accumulated knowledge and verbal skills

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Crystallized intelligence example

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History facts, words, etc

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Fluid intelligence

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Ability to reason speedily and abstractly

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Fluid intelligence example

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Puzzles, logic games

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FLUID intelligence is basically that

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Fluid evaporates over time

76
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Criss sectional study

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People of different ages are compared with one another

77
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Cross sectional study doesn’t control ________ differences such as education

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Nurture

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Longitudinal study

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The same people are restudied and retested over a long period

79
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Alzheimer’s disease lacks what neurotransmitter?

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Acetylcholine

80
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Alzheimer’s disease

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A progressive and irreversible brain disorder

81
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Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by

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A gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language and finally, physical functioning

82
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The culturally preferred timings of social events

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Social clock

83
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Social clock consists of

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Marriage, parenthood, retirement

84
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Who theorized stages that people deal with grief and tragedy?

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Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

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Kubler Ross studied people with

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Terminal illness

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Terminal illness

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Specific time you have to live

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Kubler-Ross’s stages

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Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
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Denial

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“This can’t be happening”

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Anger

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“Why ME? It’s not fair!”

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Bargaining

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“Just let me live to see my son graduate”

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Depression

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“I’m so sad, why bother with anything?”

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Acceptance

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“It’s going to be OK”

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