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18 Cards in this Set
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Organismic Theory |
Development is continuous, future development relies on previous development, numerous theories: Freud's psychoanalytic theory, Erikson's stages of development, Piaget's cognitive development theory, Kohlberg's theory on moral reasoning |
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Skinner's Behaviorism |
Scientific study of observable behavior responses and their environmental determinants |
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Social Cognitive Theory |
Emphasize behavior, environment, and cognition as key factors for development |
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Pituitary |
hormones stimulate other glands |
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Adrenal |
interacts with pituitary gland |
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Adrenarche |
activation of adrenal glands, age 6-9 |
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GnRH |
Hypothalamus released hormone turns on pubertal systems; pituitary releases gonadotropins |
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ACTH |
adrenal gland produce more androgens |
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Behavioral Genetics |
Discovers influence of heridity and environment on individual differences in development |
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Evocative genotype |
Environment and correlations -Correlation occurs when an adolescent's genetically shaped characteristics elicit certain types of physical and social environments |
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Mediation hypothesis |
Explains the links between early maturation and outcomes |
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Contextual Amplification hypothesis |
Cumulative risks: early puberty combined with other stressers=problems |
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Moderator hypothesis |
Concerns conditions or contexts that shape puberty |
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Piaget's cognitive development theory |
Organization: how knowledge is stored |
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Post formal thought |
Greater awareness of complexity of real life |
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Progmatism |
Practical limitations to logical thinking |
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Vygotsky's sociocultural cognitive theory |
Emphasis on how culture and social interaction guide cognitive development Knowledge is situated: distributed among people and their environments Knowledge is cooperative: knowledge can be advanced through interaction with others in cooperative actions |
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Behavioral Decision Theory |
1. Identify alternatives 2. Identify consequences 3. Desirability of consequences 4. Likelihood of each possible consequences 5. Integration |
