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Developmental Psych

examines physical, cognitive, and social development across a life span

Zygote

fertilized egg, fewer than half survive

embryo

growing and developing baby

fetus

9 weeks of development, appears human

teratoens

antigens that can destroy a fetus

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

drinking that effects a fetal brain: hyperactivity and lower intellegence

FAS

Habituation

decrease in responding with a repeated stimulus

Maturation

orderly sequence of biological growth

Cognition

mental activites associated with thinking, knowing, communicating, and remembering

Schemas

concepts/ mental molds, experiences are poured in to shape them

Assimilate

interpret things in our own understanding - schemas

Accomadate

adjust schemas by interacting with the world

sensorimotor stage

birth to 2mo, take in world through senses and actions: looking, hearing, touching, mouthing, etc

Object performance

awareness of objects to continue when you don't see them

egocentric

difficulty percieving information from another point of view

Preoporational Stage

2 to 7, before being able to imagine an action and mentally reverse it, learn symbols, pretend play

Theory of Mind

read intentions and infer other's mental stage

Concrete Operational Stage

physical material can be changed in shape but maintain the same quantity, use logic and real examples - 7 to 11 years

Formal Operational

systematic, moral, and abstract reasoning, if - then...

critical point

optimal period when certain events must occur ro failitate proper development

Basic Trust

sense that the world is a good, predicatable, and reliable place

adolescence

transition from child to adult

Puberty

maturation sexually

identity

resolution of self-definition, unifies into a consistent and comfortable sense of yourself

Social Identity

formed by those around you due to a specific trait, usually one of minorit

Intimacy

ability to form emotionally close relationships

Emerging Adulthood

18 to mid-20s, not yet settled stage

Cephalocaudal

head develops first, proxial to distal

head-sparing

energy goes to brain first in maturation

cortical development

lobes and specialized areas develop

Transient Exuberance

enormous increase in neurons - ready to learn

Pruning

the connections that are not supported and die, focus energy on what is important

Brain Growth - Infants

1-6mo: visual and auditory cortex


3mo: speach


3-10mo: language


7mo: descions

Gross Motor Milestones

Holding up head (6-8wks)


Rolling over (2-6mo)


Sit up (7-9mo)


Crawl - NOT ALWAYS (5-11mo)


Walk (9-17mo)

Fine motor movemtns

prepreaching - fling body


proprioception - knowing where you are

scaffolding

challenge - assist - instruct - motivate

zone of proximal development

challenge, but one that is achievable

attachment styles

secure, anxious ambivolance, avoidant

parenting styles

authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative