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Week 7 Flashcards

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What is developmental psychology

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The study of continuity and change in physical, perceptual, cognitive, and psychosocial functioning throughout ones life.

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What are the two types of research methods for developmental psychology

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  • Longitudinal research

- Cross-sectional research

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What is longitudinal research?

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A type of research in which the same group of people are tested over a length of time.

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What is cross-sectional research

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A type of research that compares different groups of people of different ages.

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What is a cohort

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A group who are in a category

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What is a disadvantage of cross-sectional research

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Certain circumstances that only affect one cohort may affect data

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What are the three stages of prenatal development

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  • Germinal
  • Embryotic
  • Fetal
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What is a zygote

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The first cell created when a sperm cell reaches an ovum

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Describe the germinal period

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The zygote moves through the falopian tube to the uterin lining and is implanted to the wall of the uterus

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What is the length of the embryonic period

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2-8 weeks

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What can occur during the Fetal period and how long can it last

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It lasts 8 weeks until birth and the baby can make movements and this is when differences in gender appear

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What scenarios cause risks for fathers trying to have children

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  • If they are over 50
  • If they are teenagers
  • Are exposed to solvents or other chemicals
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What are teratogens and give example

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Teratogens are substances that can cross the placental barrier

  • German measles
  • X-rays or other radioactive or toxic substances
  • STDs
  • Cigarettes
  • Alcohol
  • Other drugs
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Describe infancy

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Stage that begins at birth and lasts until 18-24 months and is a time of rapid, physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development

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What type of reflexes do newborns display

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Reflexes that promote survival

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What are reflexes

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Specific patterns of motor responses triggered by specific sensory stimulation

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What is the cephalocaudal rule

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Tendency for motor skills to emerge in a sequence from the head to feet

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What is the Proximodistal rule

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Tendency for motor skills to emerge from the center to peripheral areas

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What changes occur to the brain in early development

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  • Axons are coated with myelin
  • The brain triples in weight
  • Neurons become arranged by function
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What is plasticity

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Degree to which a developing structure can be changed through experiences

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What is the sensitive period

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A period in time when an organism is most sensitive to the experiences they face

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What is a scheme

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An internal cognitive structure that gives a person a procedure to follow within a given circumstance. We don’t begin life with many of these.

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What three processes lead from built-in schemes to complex mental schemes

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Assimilation
Accommodation
Equilibration

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What is assimilation

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Using schemes to make sense of an environment

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What is accommodation

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Adjusting a scheme to fit a new environment

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What is equilibration

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Balancing assimilation and accommodation to make schemes that suit an environment

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What are Piaget’s 4 stages of cognitive development

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Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete operations
Formal operations

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Describe the sensorimotor stage

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The child learning to coordinate their motor behaviors with sensory experiences

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Describe the preoperational stage

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A stage with rapid growth of vocabulary and thoughts are not limited to objects that are physically present, but conservation is not grasped yet.

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What is conservation

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If an objects appearance changes, the qualitative aspects of the object stay the same

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Describe concrete operations

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Children display observation and can now use previously learned relationships to make new ones (Transitive inferences)

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Describe formal operations

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Age 11+, abstract thinking, metacognition, complex thinking

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What are the limitations of Piaget’s theory

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  • Overestimate of age differences
  • Vague about the process of change
  • Underestimates the role of social environment
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Describe a success in early attachment

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Experiencing a secure social attachment with a caregiver.

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Describe attatchment

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The emotional bond the forms between newborns and primary caregivers

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How does a baby identify who their primary caregiver is

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The baby identifies whoever responds to their actions the most

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What is something Mary Ainsworth found

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Found that across cultures, the mother is mostly the main caregiver and attachment can change over time.

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What are temperaments

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Characteristic patterns of emotional reactivity

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What are Baumrind’s parenting styles

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  • Permissive
  • Authoritative
  • Neglecting/Uninvolved
  • Authoritarian
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What were issues with Baumrind’s classification system

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  • Parents were not always consistent with their children and it depended on context
  • There are cultural differences in parenting

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