Week One Flashcards
What are aspects that make up a good theory?
Explains
Predicts
Increases understanding
Is testable
What are charertistics about biology and evolutionary theories and examples
They are biologically driven
- Genetics and epigenetics interact with the environment to shape health and wellbeing
- Genotype Vs phenotype
Patterns of inheritance
What is the theory of epigenetics
They regulate gene expression there is a 100 year effect what your grandma did effected you
What is the U shaped curve theory
Higher and lower birth rates had 3 or more chornic disease
What are psychoanalytic theories
Assert developmental change happens because of the influence of internal drives and emotions on behaviour
What is Freud Psychosexual Theory and the three parts of personality
That behaviour is deterimend by conscious and unconscious process,
Id prmitive features that are driven by an unconscious need for pleasure present at birth
Ego- around 2 years reality principle reduces the conflic between Id and superego by defense mechansim
Superego- develops around the age of 5, its our internal morals that we learn from our same sex parent that punshies out ego for any wrong through ego
What are the 5 stages that a person has to go through according to Freud
Oral(0-2)- Infant achieves gratification through oral activities
(eating, thumb sucking)
Anal (2-3)- The child learns to respond to some demands of society (going to the washroom)
Phallic- realizes the difference between males and females and becomes aware of sexuality
Letency(7-11)- Continues there development but sexual urgers are quiet
Genital(11-Adult)- The growin adolescent shakes off old dependencies and learns to deal maturely with opposite sex
What is fixtation in realtivness with freuds theory
- You have to go through each stage by going through a conflict or you will get stuck in a stage
- Oral can be smoking or overeating
Anal- orderliness
Phallic- vanity
Latency cant really get stuck in this stage
Is this Freuds theory a “good theory”
Not really its not testiable
What is Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory
It is development over the lifespan in psychosocial stages.
There are eight crises you must move through and successfully resolve eight dilemmas
What is different about Erikson’s theory to Freuds
He took more of a life span approach so it doesn’t just end at age 11 you have to go through one stage to the next and it is testable
What is stage one of Eriksons theory
Infancy
Trust vs Mistrust
Feeding/Comfort
Is my world safe
Children develop a sense of trust when caregivers provide reliability care and affection can lead to mistrust
What is stage two of Eriksons theory
Early childhood
2-3
Autonomy Vs shame and doubt
Toilet Training/ Dressing
Can I do things by myself or do need I to always rely on others
Children need to develop a sense of personal control over physical skills and a sense of independence
Success leads to feeling autonomy failure resultsts in shame and doubt
What is stage three of Eriksons theory
Initiative Vs Guilt
Exploration/ Play
Am I good or bad?
Control and power over the environment,
What is stage 4 of Eriksons theory
School Age
Industry Vs Inferiority School/Activities
How can I be good?
What is stage 5 of Eriksons theory
Adolescence
12 to 18
Indentity Vs role confusion
Social relationships/ idenity
Who am I and where am I going?
What is stage 6 of Eriksons theory
19-40
Young Adult
Intimacy vs isolation
Intimate releationships
Am i loved or wanted?
What is stage 7 of Eriksons theory
Middle Adulthood
40-65
Generativity vs stagnation
Work and panterhood
Will I provide something of real value
What is stage 8 of Eriksons theory
Maturity
Ego identity vs despair
Reflection of live
Have I lived a full life?
What is Humanistic Alternative
Most important internal drive is to achieve ones ful potential self actualization is the ultimate goal in human life
Who created the humanistic alternative pyramid
Mazlo
What is the order of the mazlo pyramid
Start at the bottom to get to the top
Self actualization
Esteem needs
Belongingness and love needs
Safety needs
Physiological needs
What are learning theories and two examples
Focus on how experiences in the environment shape the child
Palvos classical
Skinners operant
What is Plavos theory
Classical conditioning
What it is you are exposed too
What is Skinner operant
extinction and shaping
Add pleasant stimulus to increase behavior
Add aversie stimulus to decrease behavior
Remove aversive stimulls to increase behavior
Remove pleasent stimulus to decrease behaviour
What are the 4 different cognitive theories
Piaget
Information processing
Vygotsky
Bandura
What is scheme
Something you already know hot to do brush your teeth
What is assimilation
Process of applying schemes to experinces getting ready to go on a run scheme can be used for getting ready to go to soccer
What is accommodation
Changing the scheme as a result of new information
Learns how to say a word proncuses it incorrecty gets feedback then changes the scheme of how to say that word