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16 Cards in this Set
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What is developmental psychology?
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the study of the many changes throughout life from conception and birth
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What are teratogens?
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environmental influeces taht can damage the fetus
ie drugs, alcohol, smoking, infectious agents |
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What are the reflexes of newborns?
permanent temporary -maro, babinsky |
permanent: swallowing, breathing, coughing, blinking
temporary: grasping, sucking -maro- body -babinsky- hands |
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Describe locomotor development.
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cephalo-caudal pattern: head to tail
center outwards |
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Describe visual perceptual development.
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speech recognition
recognition of forms, patterns, faces depth perception: visual cliff by gibsona dn walks |
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Piaget's theory of cognitive development
assimilation accommodation |
assimilation: incorporation of new info into existing mental frame works
accommodation: modification of existing frameworks as a result of new info or experiences |
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What are the four stages of piaget's theory of cognitive development?
sensorymotor preoperational concrete operations formal operations |
sensorymotor (0-2)
-develop object permanence preoperational (2-7) -symbolic play, egocentrism concrete operations (7-12) -knowledge of conservation, reversibility, logical thoughts formal operations (12-adult) -hypothetico-deductive reasoning, logical thoughts about abstractions |
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What are Kolberg's levels of moral development?
preconventional conventional post-conventional |
Preconventional
-punishment avoidance is right -whatever benefits the individual is right Conventional -behavior that pleases others is right -authorities and rules determine what is right post-conventional - urban -protecting society and individual is right -universal principles determine what is right |
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What is temperament?
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characteristic way of responding to the environment
-evident when infants |
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What is primary drives theory of attachment?
strange situation? |
attach to those who care for our needs
strange situation: ainsoworth, moms in waiting rooms -secure - seek contact, leave -insecure/avoidant - doesn't care about mom -insecure/ambivalent- clingy but angry -disorganized- no real pattern |
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What is the contact comfort theory of attachment?
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attach to cuddly things and people
"security blanket" |
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What is the cupboard theory of attachment?
harlow's study |
attach to those who feed us
harlow's study: rhesus monkey's and fake surrogate mothers -picked the soft cloth one, over wire with food for comfort |
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Continuum of parenting styles
authoritarian authoritive permissive |
authoritarian- parent controls
-low academic performance and social skills authoritive- shared controls -higher academic performance, independence, internalized moral standards permissive- child controls -poor academic performance, drinking, drugs, promiscuous sex |
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Adolescence v puberty
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adolescence: culturally determined state between child and adulthood
puberty: onset of sexual maturity |
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What is the imaginary audience?
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strong focus on self leads adolescents to feel that everyone else of focused on them
-can't rationalize away |
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What is the personal fable?
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adolescents assume there thoughts and feelings are unique
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