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Developmental Psychology
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Psychology
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10/06/2009

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Developmental psychology
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study of changes and transitions that accompany physical growth and maturation
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zygote
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fertilized ovum
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gestation
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prenatal development; germinal, embryonic, and fetal
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germinal stage
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two weeks, zygote moves through the falopian tube, grows into 64 cells, implants into uterus
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embryonic stage
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second stage of gestation; end of 2nd month; genitalia and organ formation
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fetal stage
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last stage of gestation; third month until birth; movement. androgen will make is male;
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androgen
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hormone that if present in fetal stage will make fetus male
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neonate
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a new born; reflexive behavior
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sucking reflex
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elicited by placing any object in neonates mouth
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head turning reflex
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elicited by stroking baby's cheek
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moro reflex
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throwing out of arms and legs elicited by loud or frightening noise
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babinski reflex
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fanning of the toes elicited by touching the bottom of the baby's foot
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palmar reflex
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hand grasping elicited by placing an object in the baby's hand
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adolescence
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13-19; begins with onset of puberty; adrenal and pituitary gland secret hormones (androgens and estrogen) cause secondary sex characteristics and growth spurt
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Jean Piaget
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work in child development and child cognitive development; humans experience an interaction between internal maturation and external experience that creates qualitative change
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Piaget's adaptation
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happens through assimilation, fitting new information into existing ideas, and accommodation, modification of cognitvie schemata to incorporate new information
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stages of piaget's cognitive development
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sensorimoto, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
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sensorimotor
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0-2; reflexes from sensation; circular reactions, development of object permanence, acquiring use of representations
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circular reactions
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skill of sensorimotor stage where repeated behavior is intended to manipulate the environment
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object permanence
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skill developed in sensorimotor stage; knowing an object exists even when it can no longer be seen
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piaget's representation
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sensorimotor stage, visualizing or putting words to objects
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preoperational stage
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Piaget's second stage; 2-7; egocentric understanding; using words for symbols, no causality nor understanding of quantity
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concrete operational
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third piaget stage; 7-12; understanding concrete relationships; development of conservation
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formal operational
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last stage of Piaget; 12 years and older; understand abstract concepts, logic, ratio, values;
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Rochel Gelman
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suggested that PIaget underestimated cognitive abilities of preschoolers and that they can deal with small quantities
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piaget's stage of moral development
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Moral judgment of the child; 4-7: imitates rules behavior and doesn't question; 7-11 understands and follows rule; 12 and older: applies abstract thinking and can change rules
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Freud's five stages of development
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oral, anal, phallic, latent, genital
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fixation
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parental over or under indulgence at a particular stage of freud's would result in inability to move on to the next stage
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regression
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parental over or under indulgence at a particular stage of freud's would result in return to earlier stage
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Lawrence Kohlberg
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moral development; analyzed responses of children to 9 hypothetical moral dilemmas
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Heinz Dilemma
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hypothetical moral dilemma used by Kohlber where a woman is dying and her husband would have to steal to get medication
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Kohlberg's stages of moral development
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preconvetional/premoral; conventionality/morality of conformity; postconventional/morality of self-accepted principles
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preconventional/premoral stage
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level 1: should avoid punishment; level 2: should gain reward
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conventional/morality of conformity
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level 3: gain approval; 4: follow law and authority
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postconventional/morality of self accepted principles
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5: attentive to rights and social welfare; 6: makes decisions based on abstract ethical principles
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Carol Gilligan
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asserted that KOhlber's moral development theory was biased towards males because it was dominated by rules instead of compassion
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Erik Erikson
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life span development; viewed each stage of life as having its own unique psychosocial conflict to resolve
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Erikson's stage of development conflicts and outcomes
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1)trust v. mistrust = trust; 2) autonomy v shame and doubt = independence; 3) initiative v. guilt = purpose; 4) industry v. inferiority = competency; 5) identity v. role confusion = sense of self; 6) intimacy v. isolation = love; 7) productivity v. stagnation = productivity/caring; 8) ego integrity v. despair = wisdom and integrity
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John Bowlby
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attachment; infants are motivated to attach to their mothers for positive reasons (wanting closeness) and negative (avoiding fear)
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Mary Ainsworth
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studied attachment through strange situation
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Diana Baumrind
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studied relationship between parenting style and personality development; authoritarian;; permissive; authoritative
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authoritarian parents
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demanding, unaffectionate, strict; have withdrawn unhappy children
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permissive parentg
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affectionate, not strict; happy children lacking self control and reliance
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authoritative parents
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affectionate, firm, but fair; have self reliant, confident, happy children
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John Watson's approach to development
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behavioristic; asserted children were passively molded by environment and their behavior emerges through imitation
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Arnold Gessell
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believed that nature provided only a blueprint for development through maturation and that environment filled in details
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