Unit 9 Other Flashcards
Developmental psychology
A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive and social change through the life span
Nature and nurture
How do genetic inheritance (nature) and experience (nurture) influence our developement
Continuity and stages
Is development a gradual continuous process like riding an escalator or does it proceed through a sequence of separate stages like climbing rungs on a ladder
Stability and change
Do our early personality traits persist through life or do we become different people as we age
Conception
Ovary releases egg, sperm approaches and releases digestive enzymes to penetrate, then both fuse together
Cells began to differentiate-
Specialize in structure and function
Prenatal development of
Zygote
Embryo
Fetus
Zygote- conception to 2 weeks
Embryo- 2-8 weeks
Fetus- 9 weeks to birth
Placenta
Formed as the zygotes outer cells starched to the uterine wall transfers nutrients and oxygen from mother to fetus
Neural network development from birth
The brain is immature at birth, as child natures the neural networks grow increasingly more complex
T or f motor development sequence is universal
True
Kids roll over before sit up
Sit up before crawl
Crawl before walk
Back to sleep position
Putting babies to sleep on their backs to reduce he risk of a smothering crib death
Infantile amnesia
Our earliest memories never really predate our third birthday
Were infants able to learn, ex
Yes, tied to mobile crib thing and would kick to spin it
T or f a child’s mind is a miniature model of an adults
False, children reason differently
Piagets core idea
The driving force behind our intellectual progression is an unceasing struggle to make sense of or experiences
Piaget proposed two concepts to explain how we use and adjust our schemas
Assimilate and accommodate
What did piaget propose for cognitive development
Four stages of cognitive development Sensorimotor stage Pre operational stage Concrete operational Formal operational
Sensorimotor stage Developmental phenomenon
Object permanence and stranger anxiety
Pre operational stage
Developmental phenomenon
Pretend play
Egocentrism
Concrete operational developmental phenomenon
Conservation
Mathematical transformations
Formal operational developmental phenomenon
Abstract logic
Potential for mature moral reasoning
Zone of proximal developement
The zone between what they could learn with or without help
Origins of attachment
Body contact and familiarity
Children don’t imprint, they
Become attached during a less precisely defined as sensitive period
Mary ainsworth
Studied attatchment differences