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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13
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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
13
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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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9
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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
What’s in it for me?
| You starch my back, I’ll scratch yours
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Conventional reasoning age
Adolescence
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Conventional reasoning first focuses on
Social approval and conformity
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Social approval and conformity example
What to complete actions of a “good boy or girl”
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What rung evaluates morality in terms of consequences on relationships
Social approval and conformity
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Conventional reasoning later focuses on
Law and order
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Law and order example
Something is wrong because “it is against the law”
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Post conventional reasoning age
Adulthood
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Post conventional reasoning first focuses on
Social contracts
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Social contracts explain
Law as being bound to the WELFARE OF PEOPLE
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“Why we have the law” falls in
Social contracts
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Postconventional reasoning later focuses on
Universal abstract principles
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Abstract means
You can’t see/ touch
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Universal abstract principles example
Right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
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See moral dilemmas and use reasoning in which stage
Universal abstract principles
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Who criticized Kolhberg’s moral scale?
Carol Gilligan
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Gilligan criticized Kohlberg because
The study rated females on average as less morally developed than males
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Gilligan argued that
Females often reasoned differently and focused on relations rather than “justice”
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Erikson’s believed in which concept?
Psychoanalytic
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Infancy stage
Trust vs mistrust
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Trust vs mistrust
If needs are dependably met, infants develop a sense of basic trust
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Toddler stage
Autonomy vs shame and doubt
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Autonomy vs shame and doubt
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
Spoon feed by yourself
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Preschooler stage
Initiative vs guilt
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Initiative vs guilt
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
Feeding yourself
| Potty training
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Initiative vs guilt example
Dressing yourself
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Elementary stage
Competence vs inferiority
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Competence vs inferiority
Children learn the please of applying themselves to tasks, or they feel inferior
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Competence vs inferiority example
Comparing grades
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Adolescence stage
Identity vs role confusion
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Identity vs role confusion
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
Intimacy vs isolation
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Intimacy vs isolation
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
Generatively vs stagnation
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Stagnation
Not passionate
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Generatively vs stagnation
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
Integrity vs despair
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Integrity vs despair
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?
Women
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The time of natural cessation of menstruation
Menopause
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Menopause as biological changes
Her ability to reproduce declines
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Is the an equivalent menopause in men?
No
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One’s crystallized intelligence tends to ______ with age
Increase
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One’s fluid intelligence tends to ______ with age
Decrease
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Crystallized intelligence
Accumulated knowledge and verbal skills
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Crystallized intelligence example
History facts, words, etc
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Fluid intelligence
Ability to reason speedily and abstractly
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Fluid intelligence example
Puzzles, logic games
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FLUID intelligence is basically that
Fluid evaporates over time
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Criss sectional study
People of different ages are compared with one another
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Cross sectional study doesn’t control ________ differences such as education
Nurture
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Longitudinal study
The same people are restudied and retested over a long period
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Alzheimer’s disease lacks what neurotransmitter?
Acetylcholine
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Alzheimer’s disease
A progressive and irreversible brain disorder
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Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by
A gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language and finally, physical functioning
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The culturally preferred timings of social events
Social clock
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Social clock consists of
Marriage, parenthood, retirement
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Who theorized stages that people deal with grief and tragedy?
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
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Kubler Ross studied people with
Terminal illness
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Terminal illness
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
“This can’t be happening”
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Anger
“Why ME? It’s not fair!”
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Bargaining
“Just let me live to see my son graduate”
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Depression
“I’m so sad, why bother with anything?”
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Acceptance
“It’s going to be OK”
