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Chapter 11: Human Development
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Psychology
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04/17/2009

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attachment
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refers to the close, emotional bonds of affection that develop between infants and their caregivers
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separation anxiety
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emotinoal distress seen in many infants when they are separated from people with whom they have formed an attachment
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secure attachment
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infants use moether as a secure base from which to venture out and explore the world
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secure attachment
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Form of attachment inwhich the child becomes visibly upset when their mother leaves and is calmed by her return
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anxious-ambivalent attachment
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Children protest excessibely when mother leaves, but are not particulary comforted when she returns
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avoidant attachment
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Children seek little contact with their mothers and often are not distressed when she leaves
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disorganized-disoriented attachment
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children appear confused about whether they should approach or avoid their mother and are especially insecure
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Erikson's stage theory
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a theroy based off of that of Freud which theorized that personality continues to evolve over the entire life span in stages.
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psychosocial crisis
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makes the transitions in important social relationships in Erikson's stage theory
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Trust vs. Mistrust
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Erikson's 1st stage

(childhood)

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Is my world predictable and supportive?
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Main question of Erikson's 1st stage: trust vs. mistrust

 

based off of whether the infants biological needs are adequately met by the caregiver

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Autonomy vs. shame and doubt
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Erikson's 2nd stage
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Can I do things myself or must I always reloy on others?
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Main question of Erikson's 2nd stage:

Autonomy vs. shame and doubt

 

Influenced by a childs behavior as they begin to take peronal responsibility for feeding, dressing and bathing.

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Initiative vs. guilt
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Erikson's 3rd stage
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Am I goor or am I bad?
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Main question of Erikson's 3rd stage:

initiative vs. guilt

 

Children retain their sense of initiative while learning ot respect the rights and privileges of other family members as they experiment and take initiatives that may sometimes conflict with their parents' rules.

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Industry vs. inferiority
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Erkison's 4th stage
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Am I competent or am I worthless?
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Main question of Erikson's 4th stage:

industry vs. inferiority

 

Learning to functino socially is extended beyond the family to peer interaction at school

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Identity vs. confusion
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Erikson's 5th stage
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Where am I and where am I going?
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Main questino of Erikson's 5th stage
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Intimacy vs. isolation
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Erikson's 6th stage
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Shall I share my life with another or live alone?
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Main question of Erikson's 6th stage:

Intimacy vs. isolation

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Generativity vs. self-absorption
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Erikson's 7th stage
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Will I produce something of real value?
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Main question of Erkison's 7th stage:

generativity vs. self-absorption

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Integrity vs. despair
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Erikson's 8th stage
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Have I lived a full life?
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Main question of Erikson's 8th stage:

integrity vs. despair

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Stage lasting for the first year of life
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Stage 1: Trust vs mistrust
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Stage lating through the second and third years of life
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Stage 2: Autonomy vs shame and doubt
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Stage lasting the fourth through sixth years of life
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Stage 3: Initiative vs. guilt
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Stages of ages 6-puberty
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Stage 4: Industry vs. inferiority
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Adolescence Stage
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Stage 5: Identity vs confusion
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Early adulthood stage
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Stage 6: intimacy vs isolation
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Middle adulthood Stage
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Stage 7: Generativity vs self-absorption
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Late adulthood stage
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Stage 8: Integrity vs despair
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pubesence
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the two year span preceding puberty during which the changes leading to physical and sexual matuity take place
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puberty
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the stage during which sexual functions reach matjurity, which marks the beginning of adolesence.

 

primary sex characteristics develop fully during this time

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the period during which primary sex characteristics develop fully
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puberty
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primary sex characteristics
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the structures necessary for reproduction.

 

these develop fully during puberty

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prefrontal cortex
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site of most pronounced increase of myelinization and synaptic pruning during adolescence
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the last area of the brain to fully mature
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prefrontal cortex
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adolescent suicide
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supports the idea that adolescence is a time marked by turmoil
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attempted ratio of attempted to completed suicides is much higher for this stage of life
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adolescence
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Two conditions that support the theory that adolescence is a time of turmoil
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Adolescent suicide and adolescent violence
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Columbine High School is one example of the trend of
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adolescent violence
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identity statuses
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4 unique stages procuded by the combination of the presence or absence of a sinse of commitment and a sense of crises.

 

There are nto stages that people pas through, but orientations that may occur at a particular time

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Identity diffusion
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Identity status in which defined by a state of rudderless apathy.

People refure to confront the callenge of charting a life course.

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identity foreclosure
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The identity status defined by a premature commitment to visions, values, and roles -typically those prescribed by one's parents
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identity moratorium
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The indentity status which involved delayuing commitment for a while to experiment with alternative ideologies adn careers
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identity achievement
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The identity status which involves arriving at a sense of self and direction after some consideratino of alternative possibilities.
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secondary sex characteristics
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physical features that distinguish one sex from the other but that are not essential for reproduction
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midlife crisis
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a difficult, turbulent preiod of doubts and reappraisals of one's life
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family life cycle
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a sequence of stages that families tend to progress through
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three Stages of the family life cycle
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marriage, parenthood and empty nest
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temperament
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characteristic mood, activity level, and emotional reactivity

 

From an early age babies can be animated and cheerful or sluggisha and ornery

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